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Why do we need mysql_type for locale.install?
by Edison Wong 27 Jan '08

27 Jan '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Folk, I am studying about the usage of "mysql_type" and "pgsql_type" from Schema API. It seems that let us able to select different data type for different database backend. Basically, it seems to be a great idea ;-) BTW, I don't understand why we need it in locale.install. {locales_source}.source and {locales_target}.translation both map TEXT for other database (says, we only have pgsql in case of D6), but map MySQL into BLOB. Do we have any special reason for this different handling? In case of PostgreSQL, decode BLOB require a manual call for db_decode_blob(); BTW, db_decode_blob() for MySQL is just a dummy... According to different data type mapping, application level should also change their implementation... Any idea about the detail story of this issue? Is this even a bug? If so I would like to give some effort based on this issue. Thanks ;-) 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 iD8DBQFHnE6lBPIQaq+ZRd8RAll9AKC+cUfHzjtDNFuhTkGg72Kr0SXp9wCcCDKT 1Ij9sf8T/KzMZDvTWtmIc3A= =IsO3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Taxonomy and input form question
by Graeme McKibbin 26 Jan '08

26 Jan '08

Hi, I'm quite new to Drupal and I'm doing quite a big project in it. I'll try to keep my questions as short as I can. I wonder if anyone can help. This is my scenario.. I have a hierarchy something like this: Region 1 -- Vehicle 1 ---- Driver 1 ---- Driver 2 -- Vehicle 2 ---- Driver 3 ---- Driver 4 Region 2 -- Vehicle 3 ---- Driver 4 ---- Driver 6 -- Vehicle 4 ---- Driver 7 ---- Driver 8 etc On the submit form, I have an active select that once Region is selected, it filters the vehicle list, which then filters the Driver list My question is, how do I add, say, a "Co-Driver" (who will be at the same level as the Driver)? In other words, once someone has selected the Vehicle, I need there to be 2 lists (dropdowns) that are filtered with Drivers and Co-drivers. I hope that makes sense! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Kind Regards, Graeme McKibbin Software Developer

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PDO 2: Request for Comments
by Edison Wong 26 Jan '08

26 Jan '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Why do we need a PDO v2? - ------------------------ PDO works quite well for a fair proportion of developers, but there are some features that are either missing or that need improvement. Some of the missing features are important for people building larger systems than the typical PHP developer, and would enable better integration with query building or data mapping libraries and frameworks. Others are improved support for the more advanced features of various database systems, such as XML and other datatypes. http://news.php.net/php.pdo/1 - -- 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 iD8DBQFHmp+lBPIQaq+ZRd8RAnrsAJ9fADlW1Z+Vl+jY8Eom9IjD74pPxQCdE8NY Xk4T5l8IFQsDeLSpqU+v0BE= =PiZB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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We all use Project Module -- the easy way to contribute
by Karoly Negyesi 26 Jan '08

26 Jan '08

Please visit http://projectmodule.chipin.com/drupalcon-boston-2008-project-module-work Thanks, Karoly Negyesi

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Can cash for views/cck help speed Drupal 6 adoption?
by Steve Dondley 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

I'd like to get some feedback. Allow me to throw some statements out there and tell me if they are accurate: 1) CCK and Views modules conversion to Drupal 6 is far behind. 2) Many people will not even think about moving to Drupal 6 until these modules are upgraded to work with Drupal 6. 3) Therefore, Drupal 6 adoption rate will be slow. If 3 is true, a worrisome development, I make the following arguments (again, tell me if it's wrong): 4) CCK and Views module conversion is slow because they are complex modules done in people's spare time. 5) Paying experienced drupal coders to work on these project will speed development of these modules. If 5 is true, then I ask whether or not this is accurate: 6) Firms that build websites using Drupal have an interest in rolling out newer and better versions of Drupal so they remain competitive. 7) These firms have cash to pay experienced Drupal coders. 8) It would be wise to have these firms pool money together to help speed the development of Views and CCK. I'm sure these kinds of topics have come up before. I'm sorry I can't follow Drupal devel as closely as I would like. If someone could point out the weak/strong points of these arguments/statements, I'd be very interested to hear since I'd like to donate if it will help. 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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Weird behavior on #default_value
by Feijó 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

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Ignore this email
by Steve Dondley 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Trying to figure out why my last email didn't hit the list. Ignore this if you see it. -- 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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Strange behavior with the menu API
by Jacob Singh 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Hi folks, I was messing with the menu API while writing an update routine and stumbled across this: $item = menu_get_item(null,'mypath'); $item['path'] = 'mynewpath'; $ret = menu_save_item($item); $ret == SAVED_NEW I dug into the code and found out that menu_save_item requires the mid, and menu_get_item doesn't return it, although it is totally available... This seems like a major API usability bug, but I imagine there is some reason for it being this way. I guess in 6 this is moot because the whole structure is different in this regard, but is there something I'm missing here? Is this something worth patching (adding the mid to the returned value of menu_get_item() ) in 5? All the best, Jacob

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writing a module to count the nodes and format them
by Alex Moreno 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Hi all, first of all, thanks a lot everybody for your help in my module dev process learning. I´ve find all your answers very very helpfull. I´d like to share my learnings, maybe, with two or three modules of my own. For example, i´ve patched drupal to be able of show the first post/node in the first row in the frontpage, and the rest in two columns bellow. ¿Should it be possible to write this short css code in a module? The code now uses a counter that detects the first node, it format as we need and continues with the rest. Is it possible to make this hack in a module? Which functions should i search for or which one in the api could help me to make this. Or This is only possible hacking directly the core of drupal, as i´ve done? As you suppose, my sollution sucks because i can´t share anything with the community in an easy way and every time i upgrade drupal, i have to hack it again. ¿Some ideas or i´m only telling stupidities? Bloody gossips and ideas are wellcome ;-).

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Think there's a security problem in your module? Here's what to do.
by Derek Wright 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

Perhaps the docs are too detailed, confusing, hard to find, or obscure. I'd like to try in short, plain english to explain what to do when you think you've found a security problem in your module: a) Either you think you find a potential security problem in your module or a user reports a vulnerability to you. b) You *immediately* send email to security(a)drupal.org about it to let us know. c) You try to analyze the vulnerability to the best of your abilities, and if possible produce a patch that fixes it. d) DO NOT COMMIT YOUR PATCH YET. e) DO NOT MAKE A RELEASE YET. f) DO NOT MARK YOUR RELEASE AS A "SECURITY UPDATE" YET. g) Send your patch to security(a)drupal.org. h) Wait for the security team to reply. i) Do what the security team advises you to do. j) If/when the security team thinks your vulnerability is real, the fix is complete, and a security announcement (SA) is ready to go out, we'll tell you. k) Only once an SA is ready for your vulnerability and the security team is ready to coordinate a release, THEN (and only then) do you commit your patch to all relevant branches, tag new releases, create release nodes, and mark them as "Security update" releases. l) The security team can then publish your release nodes (which doesn't happen automatically if they're flagged as a "Security update") and send out the SA, at which point your users will know they need to upgrade (both via the security announcement email lists and RSS feeds, and via the update_status module). Make sense? Do you really understand the process? Should I explain why any of these steps are like this? What else could be done, either via docs or project* UI, to make this clear? Relevant issue: http://drupal.org/node/210497 "add extra validation to release node form for security update releases" Relevant handbook docs: http://drupal.org/security-team Thanks, -Derek (dww)

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