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Greetings,

Greetings,

It was suggested to stop using TripSearch module in 4.7 and to use core Search instead. But core Search module still doesn't have an ability to perform usual SQL search without additional search index tables.

What are the plans for it ? Will TripSearch be supported for 4.7 or Search module will be improved to become as good as TripSearch was ?

Can anybody explain what is an advantage of those index tables ? Why it is better than just index existing tables to make SQL Search to work quickly ?

Thank you.

Greetings,

I need users to be able to receive an email notification when someone answers to a forum thread which this user subscribed for.
I've found a subscriptions module. But it looks like there are something else. I heard that another module is ready which must include subscriptions functionality.

Could you please suggest the best solution to implement such task.

Thanks.

Greetings,

Can anybody suggest something in Drupal to publish blogs to blogger, livejournal or may be any other blog sites ?
I mean are there any existing module to achive that ?

Thank you.

Hope this is not getting too boring... I would dearly like confirmation that I am right or wrong about this.

In my "checkout" module, I use the hook_nodeapi function on update of a node to decide whether or not to keep the node checked out. In 4.6, it was very easy to determine whether or not the node was checked out. In $op = 'form pre' I simply added a checkbox called 'checkout' to the node form, then in $op = 'update' the value of the checkbox was automatically included in the $node object, as you can see in this snippet:

	   case 'update':
           if ($node->checkout != '1') {
		   checkout_checkin($node->nid);
        	   }
	        else {
		   db_query("UPDATE {checkout} SET checkedout=1 WHERE nid = '%d'", $node->nid);
		   drupal_set_message(t('Remember that you have this document checked out in your name'));
        	   }
	        break;

In 4.7 this no longer works and I find myself forced to call the $edit field, thuswise:

        case 'update':
	$edit = $_POST['edit'];
           if ($edit['checkout'] != '1') {
		   checkout_checkin($node->nid);
        	   }
	        else {
		   db_query("UPDATE {checkout} SET checkedout=1 WHERE nid = '%d'", $node->nid);
		   drupal_set_message(t('Remember that you have this document checked out in your name'));
        	   }
	        break;

Is this the right way to do it or am I missing something?

I woild like to make an interactive feature where a visitor can be offered
to show a hidden answer or a secret provided he/she adds a comment.
For example something like a suspense story, a juicy piece of gossip etc.

The visitor, reads a story, a book page or a blog entry, gives a comment or
answer a question asked at the end of the story, and rewarded by revealing
secret information he can get only by adding to the comment.

A bit like the quizz feature where the results are shown only if someone votes.