"The handler for this item is broken" trying to create a view filtered by a simplenews field in views module [#1480656]

I got this error, so downloaded and installed the latest beta version of simplenews. The error remained. I cannot create a view using the views module using simplenews fields. I want to create a simple report that lists all the active users who are NOT subscribed to the newsletter. I create a view of "users". When I try to add a filter and select simplenews subscriber:activated, I get the following error:

"The handler for this item is broken or missing and cannot be used. If a module provided the handler and was disabled, re-enabling the module may restore it. Otherwise, you should probably delete this item."

I am using the Feb 23 views update. Could it be something that changed in views that broke simplenews or just a bug in simplenews?

Comment	File	Size	Author
#6	fix-broken-handler-1480656-4-D7.patch	805 bytes	szt
#4	fix-broken-handler-1480656-4-D7.patch	739 bytes	szt
#1	simplenews-views_activated_filter.patch	1000 bytes	sjovanig

Comments

Comment #1

sjovanig commented 31 March 2012 at 16:22

Version:	7.x-1.x-dev	» 6.x-2.x-dev
Status:	Active	» Needs review

Status	File	Size
new	simplenews-views_activated_filter.patch	1000 bytes

This bug is reproducible in 6.x-2.x branch too. I attach patch to fix this in 6.x, I think patch is applicable to 7.x, but I did not test it.

Comment #2

flightrisk commented 1 April 2012 at 04:45

The drupal 7 code is different from the drupal 6 code, or at least the line numbers are pretty far off. I wound up fixing this thanks to your help. Around line 345 I made my code for the views handler for the "active" field look like this:

'filter' => array(
// 'handler' => 'views_handler_filter_boolean', -old code
// 'allow empty' => TRUE, -old code
'handler' => 'views_handler_filter_boolean_operator',
'label' => t('Activated'),
'type' => 'yes-no',
'accept null' => TRUE,
),

I had to flush the cache before it would recognize the change and stop giving me an error. To get my view of a list of users who were not subscribed to the newsletter, I could then create a new view and select type "users". In the filter for the view, I then used the field "simplenews subscriber: activated" and clicked the "no" checkbox. This will select the users who do not have the checkbox checked to receive that newsletter. After that, it is a simple task to get the fields I need in the report like the users name, email, etc.

So far this seems to work great. I would suggest this patch get further testing and then get committed.