February 2008 - Development - lists.drupal.org

Re: [development] Tell if current page is viewable by anonymous users
by Petr Vacha 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

You can use function menu_valid_path() > Hi, > > is there a way to determine (in a module) whether the current page can > be viewed by anonymous users? > > I've found user_access() and drupal_anonymous_user() - but this would > require a node. Do all "public" pages have a node? > > Kind regards, > > Salgar

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Tell if current page is viewable by anonymous users
by Salgar 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Hi, is there a way to determine (in a module) whether the current page can be viewed by anonymous users? I've found user_access() and drupal_anonymous_user() - but this would require a node. Do all "public" pages have a node? Kind regards, Salgar

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view filter on 3 or 4 zip code digits
by Brett Evanson 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

I have a view that is pulling back a list of nodes. Right now, I can filter them based on a full 5 digit zip code. However, I don't have enough nodes right now to make that a good idea. There will be lots of zip codes that come back with empty results. My question is, can I make it only use the first 3 or 4 digits of the zip, and use a wild card for the 4th and/or 5th? Can I use a * in the search? Could I just swap out the last digit(s) of the user input with a *? -- Brett Evanson <mailto:brettev@gmail.com> brettev(a)gmail.com

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Any solution for solving DB reserved word conflict?
by Edison Wong 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Folk, I would like to ask for some support and suggestion for a 6-year-old issue: DB reserved word conflict within Drupal core (http://drupal.org/node/371) Support multiple databases within core should be one of the possible solution for expand market sharing. BTW, the conflict with DB specific reserved words is an always pain for abstraction layer designer and developer, and so affect the daily work of contribute developers. Drupal has also faced this problem since June 30, 2002. As Drupal 7.x is now open for public development, this issues is activated once again. Based on research and compare with other OSS web application, there is some possible solutions: ~ 1. Avoid the use of ALL reserved words within core. This is our traditional approach since 2002; on the other hand, Moodle 1.7+ also apply this solution, which support totally 4 databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle and MSSQL (http://docs.moodle.org/en/XMLDB_reserved_words) ~ 2. Escape ALL potential reserved words with escape characters. Gallery2 is using this solution, and is able to support totally 6 databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2, MSSQL and SQLite (http://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/database-abstraction#comment-446) Some hybrid suggestions are also proposed, but most of them can't solve this problem perfectly. E.g. Handling the escape of reserved word within each database drivers implementation (slow, complicated, and always miss), only handle the conflict of table name (can't solve the problem), using non-pair-up token as escape character (potentially buggy and not the optimal solution), etc. Both Moodle and Gallery2 are using ADOdb for DB abstraction, but finally solve the reserved word conflict problem in totally different direction. We can find that what DB abstraction can do for this issues is very limited, and usually require for the help from standardizing core query syntax, and be careful in our daily development. This issue can't be solved by normal simple patch, and usually need the help from most core developers. We may need to find out the best solution which we are all agreed to follow it. If you are interested in solving this 6-year-old issue, please refer to http://drupal.org/node/371 for more technical detail. Thanks a lot. Regard - -- Edison Wong hswong3i(a)gmail.com http://edin.no-ip.com/html/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHt+zABPIQaq+ZRd8RAtQQAJ9/cT7ewpFdWwG4ckStooiz/MlcBwCfS/rW 5g8txeXaitkSqkSN62wTpjg= =vZiU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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rich text editor
by Chris Johnson 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

I thought I'd convey the remarks about Rich Text Editors (RTE) one implementor of Drupal sites posted to our internal development team's collaboration space. We use TinyMCE for our 90+ sites currently. But TinyMCE has a lot of drawbacks -- including that its code base is bigger than all of core Drupal. We are planning our migration to Drupal 6. We will re-evaluate which RTE to use as we do that. Here are the remarks: "a google of "jquery rte" yields this: http://batiste.dosimple.ch/blog/posts/2007-09-11-1/rich-text-editor-jquery.… would seem to make sense to start with something like this as a base and add only what is needed, rather than strip out stuff from tinyMCE of FCK. sorry, this is one of my peeves. if drupal is using jquery as js library then it needs to be leveraged. austere or not, every bit counts in the field." To restate: If Drupal is using jQuery, then we ought to have a few RTEs to choose from based upon jQuery. That sounds like a golden opportunity to me.

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Module developers, please do *proper* releases !
by Caleb Gilbert 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

That seems like a great idea, especially if the default is set to not show the unofficial versions. This would be a gain for users of Drupal.org (more reliable downloads) and it would likely encourage better practices among developers without forcing anyone. Devs can opt-in or not, but I'm guessing that most developers would indeed like to have their modules listed by default. I'll put my effort where my mouth is and help get this done, if anyone is willing to take me up on it. :-) - Caleb - But then, these modules should be filtered out of the modules list on - drupal.org, unless one ticks an "include unreleased modules" checkbox. - That would help greatly in building a module set. - Xav

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[off topic] Invitation to a great game :)
by Feijó 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

Hi, I'm playing Astro Empires at the moment and I must say it is a very nice game. You don't have to install anything at all. Just sign up and you are good to go. The best part is that it is completely free!!! Though be warned it is addictive :) Game link: http://delta.astroempires.com/?ref=D.60589 My nickname in game is "feijo" Best Regards, Feijó

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DB support as contribute: is it a good idea?
by Edison Wong 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi folk, Drupal 6.0 is revamped with Schema API, so what's next for Drupal 7.x? PDO for sure! With this powerful data-access abstraction layer, workload will much reduced for DB abstraction layer designers and developers, and finally benefit our contribute developers and end users. By the way, together with the decision of Drupal 7.x + PDO, there is also some voice about moving PostgreSQL (and so other potential databases support, e.g. Oracle, DB2, MSSQL, etc) support away from core, but contribute; on the other hand, add official SQLite support into Drupal core, together with MySQL. Is this really a good idea? Or even if it is possible? As an existing Drupal + PostgreSQL users, what will this affect your daily work? As a potential customer of Drupal + Oracle/DB2/MSSQL/etc, is this a good new for you, or just an evil? I would like to provide some brief idea for you within this article. Please refer to http://groups.drupal.org/node/8855 for more detail information. - -- Edison Wong hswong3i(a)gmail.com http://edin.no-ip.com/html/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHsq/PBPIQaq+ZRd8RAk+JAKCLgvGCnf8DZvm8fPkA3dYk5tOmuQCgly7J eJrcfdBQOrSeM7o5ET/WmHg= =uZmG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Fwd: [droppies] [General inquiry (other)] Drupal Icon to Share with You and Drupalers
by Caleb Gilbert 17 Feb '08

17 Feb '08

Maybe I am missing something but the url that is posted 404's when I go to it... >* Begin forwarded message: *>* *>>* From: ben at contactben.com <http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/development> *>>* Date: Sat 16 Feb 2008 23:58:49 GMT+01:00 *>>* To: info at drupal.org <http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/development> *>>* Subject: [droppies] [General inquiry (other)] Drupal Icon to Share *>>* with You and Drupalers *>>* Reply-To: ben at contactben.com <http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/development>, droppies at drupal.org <http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/development> *>>* *>>* DrupalB sent a message using the contact form at http://drupal.org/contact *>>* . *>>* *>>* Hello Drupal gang! *>>* *>>* I made a "Powered by Drupal" icon (inspired by the format you have *>>* on the *>>* Drupal.org site) and I wanted to make it available to other *>>* Drupalers. I'd *>>* appreciate it if you guys could host the file on your server, but *>>* I've made *>>* it available for you to download at *>>* http://www.hershleder.com/powered_by_drupal_for drupal.psd.zip ~~ *>>* It's a *>>* Photoshop file, with all the separate layers to facilitate *>>* customization; *>>* and I made it large so it can be scaled to the user's needs. *>>* *>>* Thanks for all the hard work you guys do. Hopefully, in the future, *>>* I can *>>* contribute more than just a logo, but right now I'm doing a lot of *>>* learning! *>>* *>>* Best, *>>* Benjamin *>>* _______________________________________________ *>>* droppies mailing list *>>* droppies at drupal.org <http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/development> *>>* http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/droppies*

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Fwd: [droppies] [General inquiry (other)] Drupal Icon to Share with You and Drupalers
by Caleb Gilbert 17 Feb '08

17 Feb '08

Never mind, it's because there was an empty space in the url... - C

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