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Re: [development] D6 installation profile and configure install form alter
by Pierre Rineau 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

Le lundi 19 juillet 2010 à 14:21 +0200, Adrian Rossouw a écrit : > On 19 Jul 2010, at 2:11 PM, Pierre Rineau wrote: > > > > > I did a lot of stuff in this form, all is OK, the only restriction is I > > added some new fields, and I would like to access them in a submit > > handler so I could do some variable_set(). > > it's probably best to add your own pages to the workflow, and not try to alter the existing one. > > and, if you want to use it with aegir/drush, you should have it provide sensible defaults because > we can't automate the form submissions. > All values have default, don't worry about this, all new stuff is optional. Drupal default values are being pre-filled using a configuration file, easy to update. I mainly added the theme selection among a list of pre-defined ones in this configuration file, because in development phase, we might wan't to work using a clean default theme rather the one currently being developed, since it's moving every hour. In the future, some other stuff will come into this form. I did put all in the default form because they are only a few options, and another screen is just a way to keep the user busy longer. Another stuff is we use the purl module, and want to expose variables such as the default domain name for the sub-domain modifier to be able to work as-is without any further configuration, since it's environment dependent it can't be determined with code (it could, but any aptempt of automatic detection can fail, and user must remains keep the last word about this), adding it within the installation profile is a good thing. Pierre

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D6 installation profile and configure install form alter
by Pierre Rineau 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

Hello, I'm currently writing a complex installation profile for Drupal 6, I'm currently stuck at the configure form alteration. I did a lot of stuff in this form, all is OK, the only restriction is I added some new fields, and I would like to access them in a submit handler so I could do some variable_set(). Since this particular hook_form_alter() is totally a fake, I don't know if the form API will call the potential submit handlers I could add to it. Documentation on the subject is quite hard to find (I read a lot the install.php code, and in this particular workflow, it seems quite hard to override this kind of stuff). Any ideas, or suggestions? Pierre.

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Submit via AJAX by pressing Enter
by Darren Oh 18 Jul '10

18 Jul '10

Does Drupal 7 provide a way to AJAX-submit a form when the Enter key is pressed in a text field? I tried using "submit" as the event in the #ajax array, but that didn't prevent a page reload.

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SQL and connection strings
by David Metzler 17 Jul '10

17 Jul '10

I'm working on a contrib module that will be used as an enterprise report writer for drupal and other external databases and XML feeds. Some of my users are interested in the capability to store ad-hoc queries and then write reports off of them, (kind of like Crystal Reports). My question is two fold: 1. Do people think its untenable to store ad hoc sql queries either in the drupal site files structure, or in the db? Right now my module assumes that all SQL that will be used for reporting is stored on the file system. I did this because for most enterprise reporting systems I feel it would be advantageous to be able to version control the SQL that is used in these reports. But ad hoc reporting really means writing your own queries, right? So do you think it's wrong to store them on file system or in db? Is it irresponsible to provide such a feature? 2. The connection string (with passwords). Right now I have the site admins hack in connection strings for external databases into settings.php in the sites folder. That probably won't work for a true ad hoc reporting solution, since we may want users to be able to connect to databases from the UI? Is it untenable to store these using variable_set? Are there any ideas for securing them inside the drupal DB? I realize that there will be many opinions on this topic, but I really want to get a feel for the opinions and the why of seasoned developers. Opinions that talk about risk trade offs would be much more welcome than simple, "no you should never do that" statements. More info on the project can be found at: http://drupal.org/project/forena Thanks for any input you all are willing to provide. Dave

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Re: [development] development Digest, Vol 91, Issue 19
by figaro gaston 16 Jul '10

16 Jul '10

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Views Filter Plugin: Abstracting Vocabulary
by Adam B. Ross 16 Jul '10

16 Jul '10

I am trying to dive into Views Plugin writing, and I suspect I've hit a deep end. I'm working on a module which builds on OG Vocabularies, with the aim of being able to assign a given group vocabulary to a particular purpose for that group. For example, you could define a "Waterfall" group vocabulary as a project management field for the group, and in a different group, use an "Agile" group vocabulary. As part of my use case, I need to be able to create an Exposed Filter that will make use of whichever group Vocabulary is assigned to the Purpose configured in the View itself. I am having trouble wrapping my head around how to do this. Using the Taxonomy TID filter, you can select a vocabulary and an interface widget. I want to select a Purpose and an interface widget, have it do nothing except as an exposed filter, and then a View displayed in a given group will route it's widget to the configured vocabulary. (Still working out how to describe this functionality.) At this point, I'm defining my handler like so: function og_vocab_purpose_views_data_alter(&$data) { // This handler is dependent on Spaces OG. if (!module_exists('spaces_og')) { return array(); } $data['term_node']['tid_purpose'] = array( 'group' => t('Taxonomy'), 'title' => t('Term ID by Purpose'), 'help' => t('The taxonomy term id, restricted by vocabulary purpose.'), 'filter' => array( 'handler' => 'og_vocab_purpose_handler_filter_term_node_tid', 'hierarchy table' => 'term_hierarchy', 'numeric' => TRUE, 'skip base' => 'term_data', 'allow empty' => TRUE, ), ); } But of course, it then tries to use tid_purpose as an actual field. Can't use "tid" as that's already taken... Any pointers on an approach, documentation, or modules with similar functionality would be greatly appreciated.

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cck not saving field values
by Ruben Caro 16 Jul '10

16 Jul '10

I'm having troubles creating cck nodes in drupal. I created a cck node type with several fields, none of them marked as mandatory. Now, apparently for no reason, after I create a new node of this type, none of the cck fields holds its value. The process is: 1- I submit the creation form (node/add/..) with valid values. 2- Drupal shows me the node page (node/1234) only with my non-cck data (title, body, etc.). If I edit the node, then the new values are saved (and displayed). If I try node_load, no cck fields are filled in with data, and if I search directly on the database, there are no cck data related to this node. If I take a look at the $node on hook_nodeapi when $op is 'insert', and it shows perfect, with all cck fields as I filled in on the form. If I call cache_clear_all() inside hook_nodeapi when $op is 'insert', nothing changes, and the node ends up void again. But if I clear the cache the 'Devel' way (clear css cache and then clear each cache table) inside hook_nodeapi when $op is 'insert', the cck data of the node magically shows up on the node page, and is not lost when I call node_load or watch in the database. Somehow, this didn't happen the day before, with no changes to the code and no changes to the content. It just started to happen now, and only with this node type. I plan to go further with this, but I have no time now. I just feel lucky and try this mailing list to see if anyone has a clue for me. Thanks. -- <http://www.escoltesiguies.cat>*Rubén Caro - Tècnic Informàtic * *Servei d'Informàtica* *Minyons Escoltes i Guies de Catalunya (MEG)* *Telèfon:* 93 590 27 00 *Fax:* 93 590 04 92 *www.escoltesiguies.cat* No m'imprimeixis si no és necessari. Protegim el medi ambient.

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Batch API on cron
by Sven Decabooter 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

Hi, I'm reading contradicting posts about running Batch API processes on cron. This is for Drupal 6 BTW. I have tried implementing a batch functionality that should be run on cron, but it doesn't seem to process the work that needs to be done. I assume this is because running the cron through a commandline command doesn't allow for javascript... So my questions: - Have I implemented Batch API incorrectly, and should it normally work also on cron? - What is the best way to run a process that would normally trigger a php script timeout? Can I use the Queue module for that? I'm sure plenty of people have already tried doing this, so I'm not sure why I can find little consistent information about it. Thanks for your feedback. Sven

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Freelance Work
by Fred Jones 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

My boss is looking to hire an experienced freelance Drupal module programmer. Ideally with CiviCRM experience, but that's not a requirement. Interested parties could email me with details and rates. Thanks, Fred

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Rewrite rules and file access
by Lee Rowlands 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Hi I asked this one on the list during Drupalcon SF but got no response (the list was quiet that week!) so here goes again: *The Background* --------------- I've got a module I'm working on that needs to force some images to go via the private download method. This is working fine rerouting links via system/files in combination with a htaccess file limiting direct access to the directory. I also need thumbnails in various sizes of the images so it makes sense to use imagecache. I want the site in public download method except for these files and I've successfully got the imagecache integration working. I've used hook_menu_alter to prevent people accessing the relevant imagecache file path directly, rerouting the imagecache cached images via system/files. The problem is, once the imagecache file is created, the file is no longer being served via Drupal, with Apache serving it direct. This obviously does not get near my access callback. *The Questions* --------------- Is this down to Drupal's rewrite rules? Are the rewrite rules not evaluated if the file actually exists? Can I create a rewrite rule to force this file to go through Drupal - the relevant files all contain a common element in their path so I should be able to match it) or do I need to consider alternatives such as creating .htaccess files in the subfolders for each imagecache preset, monitoring for new presets? Any suggestions welcome. Lee Rowlands

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