March 2008 - Development - lists.drupal.org

programmatic creation of node
by Novák Áron 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

Hi! While the development of FeedAPI, i faced with a problem. FeedAPI has to create nodes programmatically, i believed that this is a really easy thing to do, feedapi now works like this: $node->data1 = "foo"; $node->data2 = "bar"; node_object_prepare($node); // this is about the default values node_save($node); But I got a report that this is not a good way to do: http://drupal.org/node/196273 Summary: "node_object_prepare() and node_prepare() functions are meant to simulate the demonstration of a node" And some users, who use FeedAPI + 3rd party modules together, really experience bugs around node creation / handling: http://drupal.org/node/195105 (summary: the core forum module uses form_alter to pass taxonomy-like data. And this data is lost now.) Can you suggest me a perfect way to handle this problem? mustafau (http://drupal.org/user/207559) suggested to use drupal_execute($form_id, $form_values), but in this case, i had another problem: drupal_execute has no useful return value and $node structure remains unaltered, so i had to do a node_load after this, which is quite expensive. Thanks, Aron Novak

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Privatemsg needs a better maintainer
by Karoly Negyesi 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Hi, To cut a long story short, I am not a good maintainer. This module needs much more love than I can give it. For example, the 2.x branch should use subscriptions for its mailing needs but it has not kept up with the ground-up rewrite of subscriptions. Please help. Thanks, Karoly Negyesi

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module duplication in Drupal contrib
by Greg Knaddison - GVS 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

Hi, "Modules that duplicate functionality available from an existing module are damaging to the Drupal project." Please support or refute that statement and propose strategies for managing CVS applications and/or projects on Drupal.org in a way that will best help the Drupal project. I'm using "Drupal project" in a very loose sense so you should infer that it includes lots of groups of people like new users, site builders, contributors, drupal.org admins, the security team, etc. Thanks, Greg -- Greg Knaddison Denver, CO | http://knaddison.com World Spanish Tour | http://wanderlusting.org/user/greg

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SQL To D6 Schema Conversion Script?
by Mike Cantelon 05 Apr '08

05 Apr '08

Does anyone have a script that automates conversion of table creation SQL to a Drupal 6 schema definition? If not, maybe I'll see if I can cook something up as it seems like a lot of work otherwise. ;) Cheers, Mike

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AHAH example
by Feijó 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Where can I find a working Drupal AHAH Form example? I'm studing it the hole day, cant put it to work. I used DANGEROUS_SKIP_CHECK in D5, now in D6 that flag is gone. I have to addapt all my modules to use AHAH thanks Feijó

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Re: [development] Bulk Import and Action Help
by Ben Wheeler 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Thanks Peter, I added an issue to the triggers issue queue here: http://drupal.org/node/241013 If that's not the right place, I'll happily move it. >FYI, Nodequeue 5.2.x comes with with just such an action. Moshe, unless I misread something, I'm pretty sure that the action in Nodequeue 5.x.2 is an "old-style" action. I did re-use that code to make mine though. -Ben -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >From playing with actions/triggers in 6.x I noticed that seemed >impossible to get it to work on more than one node per page load due >(I think) to internal caching. I'm guessing the same may be true in >5.x. >Perhaps you should look at the issue queue and/or open an issue about this. >-Peter

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Creating fields: custom vs. CCK
by Sean Wingert 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

I need to create a new content type with about 20 fields. Should I use CCK or a .install file? The case for .install: "We'll first show you the programmatic solution by writing a module that uses Drupal hooks. This approach allows for a greater degree of control and flexibility when defining what the node can and can't do." -- Westgate and VanDyk, Pro Drupal Development (Google Books) The case for CCK: The New York Observer -- http://drupal.org/node/141187 CCK & Date/Link/Calendar/Imagefield/Imagecache. This site features a whopping 110 CCK fields. CCK has arrived, and helps us build sites quickly, and change them easily. -- Moshe Weitzman I will create custom forms with custom validation to refer to these fields, preferably from a .module rather than a PHP filter. In that case, won't I need to refer to both programmatically (e.g. a #validate form element)? Thanks! Sean

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correct way to update/insert a value in a table
by Lluís 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

I need to save a value inside a table; I think the best/fast way of doing so is: if (!db_query("INSERT INTO {wu_options} (vid, nid, name, value) VALUES (%d, %d, '%s', '%s')", $node->vid, $node->nid, $key, $value)) db_query("UPDATE {wu_options} SET value = '%s' WHERE vid = %d AND nid = %d AND name LIKE '%s'", $value, $node->vid, $node->nid, $key); but despite it works, it display an error. Is there any way of hidding a database error (similar to "@any_function(...) in PHP)? Or any other way to make drupal try to update a value, and if it don't exists, create it? thanks -- *Envellim quan els records superen les esperances. *Als llocs desconeguts només s'hi arriba per camins desconeguts.

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Why do filter cache entries expire 24 hours after last cron?
by Steve Dondley 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

I'm putting together an overview of Drupal's various caching mechanisms. I'd like to put the answer to this question in there. Thanks. -- Prometheus Labor Communications, Inc. http://prometheuslabor.com 413-572-1300 Communicate or Die: American Labor Unions and the Internet http://communicateordie.com

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Re: [development] Bulk Import and Action Help
by Peter Wolanin 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

>From playing with actions/triggers in 6.x I noticed that seemed impossible to get it to work on more than one node per page load due (I think) to internal caching. I'm guessing the same may be true in 5.x. Perhaps you should look at the issue queue and/or open an issue about this. -Peter ---------------- From: "Ben Wheeler" <bennybobw(a)gmail.com> To: development(a)drupal.org Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:26:53 -0700 Subject: [development] Bulk Import and Action Help Hi all, I'm using Actions 5.x-2.0 and Image 5.x-2.x-dev and I wrote an configurable action that automatically adds nodes to a nodequeue on node insert (in this case, images). It works fine when adding one image, but when I use image_import it only runs for the first image. Image import uses image_create_node_from() which in turn uses node_submit() and node_save() just like node module, so I'm having trouble understanding why it's only running once. Can anyone steer me in the right direction to start debugging this? Since it uses several different modules, I'm not sure where to begin. Code for my "autoqueue" action can be found here: http://drupal.org/files/issues/autoqueue.tar_.gz Thanks for your help! -Ben

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