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Re: Q's for Jason or Daniel
Heh, damn that's complicated. :) Just couldn't make it simple could you?
Geez... Ok, enough bitching :)
So the answer is:
0|1
yes?
Second thing, shouldn't the DB schema set a reasonable default for all
non-requrired fields like this? Yes I'm lazy.
Thanks.
On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Jason Pincin wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 09:51:39PM -0800, Aaron Turner wrote:
> > 1) How do I indicate/test for a local vs. remote external link? It looks
> > like the info is stored in the "flags" field in "KBObjects" table. But
> > what is the flag? A "1"? ObjectProperties doesn't make any sense to me.
>
> OK... here's how Flags actually work, in PHP code. That 0|0 you see is
> actually INT|INT (integer pipe integer). Now, when PHP examines the
> flags, it splits those integeres into two seperate vars... I just do a
> split on pipe. It then converts the decimals to BINARY strings. If the
> string is less than 31 chars long, it fills the beginning in with 0's to
> make it so. It THEN looks at the position in THAT binary string that
> coresponds with what you see in ObjectProperties. So... Because you have
> the local flag as position "1", that test occurs by testing the FIRST (1)
> character in the bit string, starting from the right. If it's a one, the
> flag is set, if it's 0 - it's not set.
>
> BUT NEVER STORE IT IN BINARY FORM. :) It's always stored in decimal
> form. Also - the first decimal-converted-into-binary string represents
> global flags. Flags shared across all objects. This local flag is NOT
> one of those. So you're interested in the second (after the pipe) decimal
> value which you'll convert to a binary string.
>
> Does this clear it up at all?
>
> >
> > 2) Does move_object() update the KBObject record or does it recreate it?
> > More specifically, can I depend on ObjectID not changing overtime for a
> > record? If I can't depend on it, how does one recommend I do record
> > matching for articles between the DB and an external file? If the
> > ObjectID changes, it will require manual intervention to fix.
>
> It updates the KBObject Record. The ObjectID remains the same.
> ObjectLocation changes. All child objects of that object are updated as
> well. All of they're ObjectID's stay constant - but ALL of their
> ObjectLocations are updated.
>
> >
> > 3) Does anyone know of a way to run PHP code outside of Apache like a
> > regular program? If so, is there a way we can get some functions like
> > move_object(), and the insertion routines in such a program?
>
> I heard rumors of a cmd line php script engine... which would take PHP
> code and execute it just like a perl script, with all the same interfaces
> as Apache PHP and everything... I had forgotten all about it - but now
> that you mention it... it MAY be for PHP4 though... I'm not sure. I'll
> look into it. Dan - can you look into it too and see if you come up with
> anything?
>
> > 4) Failing that, can someone write a simple PHP script that
> > allows me to use things like create_object(), fetch_object(),
> > move_object(), via a CGI URL interface- ie not a form?. Kinda like:
> > command.php?action=create_object&location=1.2.10&name=aturner&type=8 etc...
>
> Good idea. Give us the list of functions you want to access.
>
> > The idea is that I can utilize the PHP Object code via Perl by talking to
> > Apache. The PHP should return intelligent error codes. I've decided that
> > writing my own set of objects for Perl is too much right now to go live by
> > Feb 1st and this should do nicely.
>
> I think ever duplicating the objects in Perl would be sort of a waste of
> time. I like your above idea much if we can't find a CLI PHP script
> engine.
>
> > Basically for #3 and #4 I'd need everything one would need to manage the
> > KBObjects/ExternalLinks tables for documents (internal pages and things
> > mirrored locally/remotely). I might give it a go myself, but I need to
> > learn the PHP objects which I'm a bit rusty at and someone else would
> > probably do it about 10x faster.
>
> I'll give it some thought today... maybe play around... see if I can get
> something for you to test... not promising anything BY today... as my new
> CPU is arriving at noon... BUT... I'll try :).
>
>
> --
> Jason
> http://vodka.linuxkb.org/~chardros
>
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