January 2008 - Development - lists.drupal.org

Utterz module
by Michel Levy-Provençal 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

Hi, Does somebody have an idea about how Utterz (utterz.com) can automatically be integrated to Drupal ? Is there a module somewhere? Thx in advance. M -- -- Michel Lévy-Provençal +336 23 93 60 16 | mikiane.com

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by Sanari S S Pvt Ltd., 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

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Re: [development] So why we do support postgresql?
by Michelle Cox 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

Something like http://groups.drupal.org/node/6164 ? Michelle On 1/15/2008 5:13:25 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin (kb(a)2bits.com) wrote: > I support chx's proposal, don't let PostgreSQL hinder the development > cycle. > > But, every time we have this discussion, we get people talking > theories but no concrete data. > > We here about Drupal must be database agnostic, down with monoculture, ... > etc. Which is all good. > > What we are missing is how many real world websites use Drupal AND > PostgreSQL, how big these sites are, how many contributed modules are > being used, ...etc. > > I propose a poll with the following options on it: > > - MySQL MyISAM > - MySQL InnoDB > - PostgreSQL > - other > > With comments enabled so we get at least some sampling of what is out > there. > > Some data is better than no data, so let us get it.

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by Sanari S S Pvt Ltd., 20 Jan '08

20 Jan '08

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Is there a 'Add Link to our Site' type module?
by Greg Holsclaw 19 Jan '08

19 Jan '08

Title says it all. I have been through the module list a few times, but I can't find any module that provides a mechanism to create a 'Link to us' page, upload graphics and the needed HTML link text. http://www.facebook.com/share_partners.php is an example of what I am looking for. I was starting to make one for our company site (and ultimately for d.o.), but wanted to make sure I didn't miss an in progress module. Thanks. Greg

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FormAPI javascript?
by Richard Morse 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

Hi! I have a node form that requires a bunch of behaviours (Drupal.behaviors...) that I've developed. I also have a bunch of settings I add to Drupal.settings. This works fine when the form is first displayed. However, if it fails the validation step, when it is displayed back to the user, none of the javascript settings or inclusions (basically, none of the results of `drupal_add_js()`) are included, so that the form doesn't display correctly. Is there a way to get the drupal_add_js() content to be included? Thanks, Ricky The information transmitted in this electronic communication is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this information in error, please contact the Compliance HelpLine at 800-856-1983 and properly dispose of this information.

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Form API layout question...
by Richard Morse 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

Hi! I'm trying to create a set of checkboxes with an "other" option, so that it would look something like: What is your favourite color? [ ] Red [ ] Blue [ ] Maroon [ ] Other [_________________________________] How can I place a field next to the other checkbox? Thanks, Ricky The information transmitted in this electronic communication is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this information in error, please contact the Compliance HelpLine at 800-856-1983 and properly dispose of this information.

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Re: [development] how to upgrade from 5.x to 6.x
by Karen Stevenson 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

The D6 code now updates all enabled *and* disabled modules that exist in the modules folder, all at the same time. Also, there is now a 'last_updated' hook that allows modules to omit older updates from the .install file. There are several implications of all this: 1) Telling people to disable the modules before updating is pointless, they will be updated either way. 2) Both the system and contrib updates will all run the first time you visit update.php. That means you should only put in the modules folder modules you want updated. If there are any questions about any of them, disabling them to keep them from updating will not work, you must remove them or uninstall them. 3) If you have modules that are not current (either core or contrib), you will see a message that you have an outdated module and it will not update, which will require you to start over, get them all updated in D5, and then move to D6. So the preferred way of doing this would more likely be to make sure all your code is current in D5 *before* you attempt to upgrade. Also, you should check on contrib modules to see if there are any special instructions for the update. Now that disabled modules are updated and old updates may be gone, contrib modules may have suggestions of things you should do before you upgrade (like CCK which will ask you to get current on D5 before you upgrade to D6). Karen ----- Original Message ---- From: Greg Knaddison <greg(a)pingvox.com> To: development(a)drupal.org; A list for documentation writers <documentation(a)drupal.org> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 7:32:43 AM Subject: [development] how to upgrade from 5.x to 6.x Hi, I'm asking this on question to both Devel and Docs because I'm about to make an "upgrading" screencast and want to be sure that I'm using the best method. In our handbook[1] we tell people that before the upgrade they should "Turn off (but do not uninstall) all modules that are not core modules" I've done that a few times and it always threw various errors when I then installed the updated versions of the contrib modules. I then started to follow steps more like: 1. Download the new version (i.e. 6.x) 2. Download the 6.x compatible version of all my contribs (fix or remove the ones that haven't been upgraded) 3. Install the new core and contrib modules 4. Run update.php which will do all of core and contrib at the same time which, in my experience, causes fewer errors In discussion last night chx mentioned that the reason we tell people to disable the contrib modules is to prevent bootstrap.inc from calling a function that no longer exists and thus locking you out of a site. I think that is not a problem as long as you do my steps 2/3. Does anyone have a concrete, repeatable, simple example of why doing it my way is worse than the way in the handbook? I think this might be a relic of the update process of years gone by that we can now forget, which would be nice since I think it simplifies the process. Regards, Greg [1] http://drupal.org/upgrade/preparing-the-site -- Greg Knaddison Denver, CO | http://knaddison.com World Spanish Tour | http://wanderlusting.org/user/greg

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how to upgrade from 5.x to 6.x
by Greg Knaddison 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

Hi, I'm asking this on question to both Devel and Docs because I'm about to make an "upgrading" screencast and want to be sure that I'm using the best method. In our handbook[1] we tell people that before the upgrade they should "Turn off (but do not uninstall) all modules that are not core modules" I've done that a few times and it always threw various errors when I then installed the updated versions of the contrib modules. I then started to follow steps more like: 1. Download the new version (i.e. 6.x) 2. Download the 6.x compatible version of all my contribs (fix or remove the ones that haven't been upgraded) 3. Install the new core and contrib modules 4. Run update.php which will do all of core and contrib at the same time which, in my experience, causes fewer errors In discussion last night chx mentioned that the reason we tell people to disable the contrib modules is to prevent bootstrap.inc from calling a function that no longer exists and thus locking you out of a site. I think that is not a problem as long as you do my steps 2/3. Does anyone have a concrete, repeatable, simple example of why doing it my way is worse than the way in the handbook? I think this might be a relic of the update process of years gone by that we can now forget, which would be nice since I think it simplifies the process. Regards, Greg [1] http://drupal.org/upgrade/preparing-the-site -- Greg Knaddison Denver, CO | http://knaddison.com World Spanish Tour | http://wanderlusting.org/user/greg

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sid not available in anonimous user
by Ivan Sergio Borgonovo 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

I just noticed that $user->sid is not available for anonymous users. It get chopped once $user get overwritten in sess_read even if the full session row get loaded. (5.X and 6.X). include/session.inc $user = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT u.*, s.* FROM {users} u INNER JOIN {sessions} s ON u.uid = // $sid=$user->sid; //... // We didn't find the client's record (session has expired), or they are an anonymous user. else { $session = isset($user->session) ? $user->session : ''; $user = drupal_anonymous_user($session); // $user->sid=$sid; } since it makes more uniform to access sid through the code, is there a good reason to kill it? If there isn't any good reason to kill it... could this small change get into core? thx -- Ivan Sergio Borgonovo http://www.webthatworks.it

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