[Slashcode-development] Re: Weird Slash Behavior / Bad Topics

[Clifton W. <cl...@sl...>]

=46rom admin.pl, around line 1351:

        my $topic_values =3D $slashdb->getDescriptions('topics_section',=20
$storyref->{section});
        $topic_select =3D createSelect('tid',
                $topic_values,
                $storyref->{tid}, 1, 0, 1
        );

This is where the topic list is generated, there are a few things you=20
can try, here:

=46rom the command line:

perl -MSlash::Test=3D<vu> -le 'print=20
Dumper($slashdb->getDescriptions("topics_section", $section)'

Replace $section with the name of a defined section, and "<vu>" with=20
the virtual user of your site. You might want to iterate through the=20
sections, to see which ones are defined, you can do this from the=20
command-line:

perl -MSlash::Test=3D<vu> -le 'print Dumper(keys %{$slashdb->getSections()}=
)'

Collect that output and see if you can find your new topic in ANY of=20
the sections that it should be in. If you want further help=20
interpreting the output, I'd be glad to assist you.

I *suspect* that the section_topics table may be slightly wonky and
a mismatched topic ID is the cause of your problem. I would need to
know the contents of your section_topics table, and your topics=20
table, to be sure, however.

=2D Cliff

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