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How to pass form values to page that actually does something.
by Bayne, Sam 11 May '10

11 May '10

I'm quite frustrated with the Form API right now, so please forgive my tone. I've got a form that has a bunch of inputs, all of them multiselects, that allow the user to choose what classes to see in our schedule. (our class schedule is in an external database). I've got a bunch of code in the form_submit function that builds a very elaborate sql query to get the list of requested classes. Unfortunately, the form_submit function is not actually permitted to display anything except through drupal_set_message(). So I have to either pass my complicated sql query, or all the contents of the form fields to some other page through $form_state['redirect']. How do I do that without shoving it all into the querystring? Right now, I'm looking at the performance issues of: A: storing the query as a string in the database with a query_id, then sending a query_id in the redirect, B: storing the result of the query in the database with a result_id, then sending a result_id in the redirect. Is there some other way to accomplish what I want? p.s. I've looked at the search module, it basically shoves the form input into the querystring of the redirect. That'll work for a single input, but multiple array inputs will be a huge pain.

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IRC: Druplicon now supports RSS announcements
by Morbus Iff 11 May '10

11 May '10

IRC bot Druplicon now supports integration with aggregator.module, based on original code by snufkin and cwgordon7. If you'd like your IRC channel to receive updates from an RSS/Atom feed, don't hesitate to let me know the feed URL and the channel. I'll be curious to see how well it scales (Druplicon is currently in 50+ IRC channels), as well as hammering out any remaining bugs. -- Morbus Iff ( i've eaten fruity pebbles with p-diddy ) Technical: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779 Enjoy: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.videounderbelly.com/ aim: akaMorbus / skype: morbusiff / icq: 2927491 / jabber.org: morbus

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Drupal 7 API Change notification: hook_block_list_alter() and node bodies
by Randy Fay 11 May '10

11 May '10

In trying to find a way to notify developers of D7 API changes, the best solution we've come up with is to formally publish to the Drupal Development Mailing List. API change notifications will occasionally be posted here with a title starting with "Drupal 7 API Change notification" These two API changes were recently committed to Drupal 7: 1. *hook_block_info_alter() has been renamed to hook_block_list_alter()<http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_block_list_alter/7> *. If your D7 module was using hook_block_info_alter() it will need to be updated. Issue: #560746: Rename hook_block_info_alter() to hook_block_list_alter() and add hook_block_info_alter()<http://drupal.org/node/560746>. See block_example.module<http://api.drupal.org/api/function/block_example_block_list_alter/7>for sample usage.| 2. *Content types no longer have a body field unless one is explicitly added*. This means that: - If your content type requires a body field, you must call node_add_body_field() in hook_install(). Example in node_example.install<http://api.drupal.org/api/function/node_example_install/7>. - the has_body and has_body_label attributes no longer do anything - In at least one situation<http://drupal.org/node/755640#comment-2937394>, a Drupal core reinstall was required. Issue: #553306: Make nodes have no body field by default. Remove deprecated APIs for body field <http://drupal.org/node/553306> Thanks, -Randy -- Randy Fay Drupal Module and Site Development randy(a)randyfay.com +1 970.462.7450

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Creating glossary/dictionary style links for a list of nodes.
by Anth 11 May '10

11 May '10

Hi, I have a requirement for "glossary" style links, but a little bit beyond just A | B | C etc. What is required is that if you select A in the previous links you get a set of links like Aar - Aba | Aba - Ada | ... etc. I could write custom code for this but I'm hoping that maybe I can make this a bit more re-usable and, knowing that views can do the first part at least, perhaps making this something that is an addition to views. Does anyone have any ideas about this path (I'm thinking a custom display) that would make this useful? Effectively it's a pager, so another thought might be to override the pagers that views uses, but I'm not sure that is even possible. Thoughts? Anthony.

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How to control background processes from inside Drupal?
by Leo Burd 10 May '10

10 May '10

Hello there, Is there any way to start/stop background processes from inside Drupal? I'm currently writing a module that has to continuously monitor a socket connection for events coming from a remote server. I thought about using hook_cron(), but I'm afraid that the infinite (or continuous) loop of my event handler would tie out other modules that use hook_cron(). Another alternative would be to use batch api, but do batch processes run in the background? Thanks in advance, Leo

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Re: [development] How to control background processes from inside Drupal?
by Michael Favia 10 May '10

10 May '10

But this command will necessarily run as you web user. Usually Apache. This can be works around using sudoers (a terribly insecure and bad idea but good to test if you want) or by compiling a simple c program and assigning the proper permissions. A good process to copy is remote automatic updating of svn working copies. On May 10, 2010 8:20 AM, "icerain" <doubaokun(a)gmail.com> wrote: Yes, you can excute any command using php. On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Leo Burd <leob(a)media.mit.edu> wrote: > Hello there, > > Is there a... -- A decathlon Drupal developer & programmer http://blog.eood.cn/

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firefox extension
by Ashraf Amayreh 09 May '10

09 May '10

Hello All, Just created our 1st Firefox extension called FlashFirebug and it seems I need reviews if I hope to get it accessible by the public. So I'm hoping that people interested here would pinch in to quicken the process. Sorry again since this is not strictly Drupal. The extension URL is https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/161670 Product page is http://www.o-minds.com/products/flashfirebug Sorry again for the noise and have a nice day :) -- Ashraf Amayreh CEO | O-Minds Cell. 962 78 8099997 Tel. 962 6 5655150 Fax. 962 6 5675150 Skype: aamayreh www.o-minds.com web development | web design user experience | branding design Connect with us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/ominds> or LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/in/aamayreh> .

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Imagemagik or someone else
by Gustavo Cabral 08 May '10

08 May '10

Hello I have a view showing a grid with nodes. Each node has a FileField CCK field type that contains a file .tif. Is there a way that when you click the link of the file .tif (on the view, of course), these show the image instead of asking to save the file? I have installed the image module, imageapi, filefield and imagefield but I don't know how to use the image magik soft or where use it. Can you tell me please where can I put a snippet or something to make that convertion? Thanks a lot for your help and time. Regards. Gustavo.-

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Imported nodes using filtered HTML
by Karyn Cassio 07 May '10

07 May '10

Does anyone have some insight on this one? I have a content type that I'm importing programmatically. No matter how I set the Input Filters, it is bringing the content type in as filtered html. Thoughts? -- Karyn Cassio Drupal Developer

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Odd RSS Issue
by nan wich 06 May '10

06 May '10

If I do "blog/123/feed" I get "read more" links, but if I do "taxonomy/term/456/feed" I do not get "read more." Does anyone know why or how to fix it without copying a large chunk of code? Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.

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