[drupal-devel] [bug] comment stats don't update after approval in moderation queue

[ankur]

Issue status update for http://drupal.org/node/18215

 Project:      Drupal
 Version:      cvs
 Component:    comment.module
 Category:     bug reports
 Priority:     normal
 Assigned to:  Anonymous
 Reported by:  ankur
 Updated by:   ankur
-Status:       active
+Status:       patch
 Attachment:   http://drupal.org/files/issues/comment.module_7.diff (2.27 KB)

Here's an alternative patch.  This patch changes comment_admin_edit():
Previously, the function would check to see if edits to the comment
were being $_POSTed().
If this was the case, there would be a call to comment_save() and then
a drupal_goto() back to q=admin/comment.
Otherwise, the comment would be loaded and an edit form would be
displayed.
The problem was that the comment count for the related node was not
being updated and that in order to do so, you have to know the nid of
the comment (the single parameter to
_comment_update_node_statistics()).
However, the form being posted did not contain the nid for the comment.
 The previous patch passed the nid (and prior publish status of the
comment) through the form via hidden HTML form fields.
With this patch, the loading of the comment is done first.  After,
loading the comment, we check to see if changes to the comment are
being $_POSTed.  Then we save and see if
_update_comment_node_statistics() should be called.
This patch is a way around having to pass hidden fields.  However, the
drawback (and I can't really quantify how serious of a performance
penalty this would mean) is that a comment has to be loaded again when
changes are submitted whereas with the previous patch, changing the
comment would just mean saving the comment without having to reload it
(since the nid and previous status were passed via hidden fields).
In anycase, I don't know if there's another solution around this
without causing some more major changes.  Frankly, it would be cool if
the update node could distinguish the approved comment as "1 new
comment" rather than "1 comment".  But then that would require some way
of telling whether a comment was being approved for the first time or if
the comment was edited and resubmitted to the approval queue...
  -Ankur


ankur



Previous comments:
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March 1, 2005 - 22:47 : ankur

Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/comment.module_5.diff (861 bytes)

I don't know if this is by design, but I experimenting with forcing
anonymous comments through the comments approval queue.  After I logged
in as someone with appropriate permissions and marked the comment
"published" in the comments approval queue, the link attached to the
appropriate node teaser still said "add new comment" rather than "1
comment" or "1 new comment".
Here's a patch for it.  I believe the diff for the patch is taken
against comment.module from 4.5.2.  It makes some minor additions to
function comment_admin_edit().
  -Ankur


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March 2, 2005 - 00:38 : ankur

Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/comment.module_6.diff (889 bytes)

Apologies for the extra e-mail.  The previous patch file was not done
correctly.  Here's a diff against Revision 1.302.2.9, the last 4-5-2
tagged version of the module as of this post.
  -Ankur


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March 13, 2005 - 22:06 : killes at www.drop.org

Applies also to head.
ankur: Please create patches from the Drupal root directory.


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March 15, 2005 - 21:24 : Dries

I'm not a big fan of hidden fields.  I'll try to think of an alternative
fix.


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March 18, 2005 - 08:43 : Steven

Is there any harm in always calling _comment_update_node_statistics()
after editing a node? As far as I can tell, it's a pretty benign call.
The only thing odd in there is:
$node = node_load(array('nid' => $nid));
But I don't see $node being used anywhere in that function. Anyone have
an idea why? ;)


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March 18, 2005 - 08:47 : chx

please do not make node.module dependent on comment.module -- use
module_invoke if you implement what Steven suggested.


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March 18, 2005 - 09:03 : Junyor at drupal.org

I don't see any reason for that node_load() call either.


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March 18, 2005 - 09:17 : Steven

chx: Actually I made a typo... it's about calling this after editing a
comment, not a node. So there is no dependency.


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March 18, 2005 - 09:21 : Junyor at drupal.org

While looking through the code, I thought this would be a very nice case
where a comment API would come in handy.
@Steven: I agree, we should call _update_node_comment_statistics() any
time a comment is added, edited, or deleted.


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March 22, 2005 - 18:40 : Dries

Not committing the patch as is.  Let's see what the discussion results
in.