Re: [phpesp-dev] Test bit stuck in 1.6

[James E. F. <jf...@ac...>]

Yes, status, is a bitfield, and the STATUS_* defines are
masks.  The masks should be self explanitory.  The reason
they are bits not flags is because it may be useful to
know, for example, if a survey was deleted after being
active (and hence having associated responses).

-James

On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Emmett Bearden wrote:

> No functional issues with the phpESP code.  I guess I just interpreted
> this differently for the code I wrote.  Could you summarize the
> STATUS_ACTIVE defines?  I thought they were flags but it seems they are
> masks.
>
> eb.
>
> On Tuesday, Mar 4, 2003, at 17:13 US/Eastern, James E. Flemer wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Emmett Bearden wrote:
> >
> >> After creating a survey putting it into test mode and then activating
> >> it I find the status is 9 which indicates that it is both being tested
> >> and activated at the same time.  I don't think this is correct.
> >
> > It is correct.  Are there any "functional" issues with
> > this, or are you just noting this for "aesthetics"?  For
> > example, even if the status bit is 9, you cannot actually
> > "test" the survey (even by putting the SID on the url).
> >
> > -James