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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=359395804-02012007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I agree not worth a core feature. In my case it is only 5
nodes that got "typed" wrong as stories. A quick cheap fix is
fine.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=359395804-02012007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>In a CCK world I can imagine types that have identical
fields but are distinguished some other way such as have different
themes.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> development-bounces@drupal.org
[mailto:development-bounces@drupal.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Khalid
B<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 01, 2007 11:46 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
development@drupal.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [development] Converting stories
to pages<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>I don't think this is worth of a core feature. <BR><BR>The need for
this is not very often, and if you are using anything other than<BR>4.7 basic
types (e.g. CCK for 4.7, or 5.0 onwards), then all bets are off.<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 1/1/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Larry
Garfield</B> <<A
href="mailto:larry@garfieldtech.com">larry@garfieldtech.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Well,
for 4.7.x page and story nodes, it's easy to implement. How easy
would<BR>it be for Drupal 5 nodes, where every node is essentially a CCK
node? Then<BR>add in actual CCK fields? Now it gets
quite complicated indeed, unless <BR>you're OK with random data loss along the
way.<BR><BR>On Monday 01 January 2007 10:13 pm, Chris Kennedy wrote:<BR>>
You should also submit a feature request for Drupal to have an
interface<BR>> for this. It would be handy and easy to implement.
<BR>><BR>> Walt Daniels wrote:<BR>> > Thanks, I did read the code
in both story.module and page.module and<BR>> > they are quite similar
other than the help text and names of variables<BR>> > story vs page.
However page has some additional code in hook_form <BR>> > dealing with
logs of changes which looks useful.<BR>> ><BR>> >
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*On Behalf Of *Khalid B<BR>> > *Sent:* Monday, January 01, 2007 9:17
PM<BR>> > *To:* <A
href="mailto:development@drupal.org">development@drupal.org</A><BR>> >
*Subject:* Re: [development] Converting stories to pages<BR>> ><BR>>
> Changing it in PHPMyAdmin should be a safe bet, since story and page
<BR>> > have the same<BR>> > identical fields, and stored in the
node table.<BR>> ><BR>> > So, you can execute this SQL (do a dump
first):<BR>> ><BR>> > UPDATE node SET type = 'page' WHERE type =
'story'; <BR><BR>--<BR>Larry
Garfield AIM:
LOLG42<BR><A
href="mailto:larry@garfieldtech.com">larry@garfieldtech.com</A> ICQ:
6817012<BR><BR>"If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all
others of <BR>exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power
called an idea,<BR>which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he
keeps it to<BR>himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into
the possession <BR>of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of
it." -- Thomas<BR>Jefferson<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>