[Refdb-users] php web addnote functional

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Hi Matt,

Matt Price writes:
 > Hey folks,
 > 
 > I have finally (after demonstrating to myself many times over that I'm
 >  a terrible programmer) gotten a barely adequate version of a web 'add
 > note' page working.  You can find it here:
 > http://www.derailleur.org/webref/index.php?format=risx&field=CK&searchText=Garthwaite2002
 > 

First of all, thanks for this effort. Much appreciated.

 > a couple of serious problems:
 > 
 > -searching by author is entirely broken.  THis seems to be an issue
 > with my refdb installation, as it doesn't work from refbc either.
 > 

This is related to the next "problem".

 > - searches don't work on regex's -- that is, they only work when the
 > precise, full field value is entered.  Again this seems to be a
 > problem with my installation of refdb:  
 > 	refdbc: getref :CK:=Martin2001
 > 	gets a reference, whereas
 > 	refdbc: getref :CK:=Martin 
 > 	does not.
 > 

As you're running the CVS version, you're ahead of the latest NEWS
file (not yet checked in) which will explain a change in the query
syntax. Queries using '=' or '!=' now default to a literal match, this
is why 
   refdbc: getref :CK:=Martin2001
works for you. If you want a partial or a regexp match, you have to
use the new tilde operators '~' and '!~' instead:
   refdbc: getref :CK:~Martin

So if I understand your problem correctly, this is an "early adopter"
issue. Sorry for the inconvenience.

 > - this last leads me to another issue with my refdb installation:  I
 > can't delete notes.  
 > e.g.: 
 >  refdbc: deletenote :NID:>0
 >  0 datasets deleted, 0 skipped

The deletenote command expects a whitespace-separated list of ID
values, like this:
    refdbc: deletenote 1 3 4-6
The < and > operators are not (yet) implemented.

 > ... and also I periodically lose the capacity to add notes, and have
 > to rebuild my db to get it back
 > 

This is a serious issue that I can't reproduce here. In order to fix
this I seriously need more debug information. If you find the time,
please

- start refdbd with a log level of 7
- start with a fresh database
- use a defined set of notes and add them until addnote fails
- send me the log and the set of notes that caused the failure.

I can't fix things which I can't reproduce. I need these data.

Thanks
Markus

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