Module development and code questions

I'm trying to create a very simple type, just to see how things work. I looked at the node_example in the documentation and (almost) understand everything what is going on. I have just a simple question:

node_example stores it's data in a new table (color & quantity). Is it really needed to create a new table to store only one additional field (next to body etc)? Not that it is a big problem to do so, but I'm wondering if it is not a bit of overhead if you only want to store one small text-string. Is there no other table this can be stored in? Eg in {node} table itself?

It would be great if we could add Google Maps to drupal content by generating inline code would call Google , Yahoo or MSN Maps in text.

A few content areas that would do well with Maps:
Flexinode content fields.
Nodes that can be called inside of inline text like this [mapnode:1233]

Here are a few articles on how to generate Google Maps.

Hi all,

I try to build a multilanguage site with drupal and i18n module. All nodes seem ok but the translation function on the categories doesn't work. So, I cann't translate the menu for each language.

Has anybody have the same problem? Could anybody help me to resolve this problem?

Thanks in advance,

Yesme,

I am trying to set up a store with drupal ecommerce. I have the products working more or less as I want. Now, I need to ship them. If I want to add something that collects rate information from UPS (or fedex or dhl...) would I just hack the shipping module? I don't see the kinds of hooks in the shipping module, that allowed me to write a separate module for products.

Hi Guys,

Need some help with an SQL statement. What I would like to is:

1. Check to see if a node has an attachment.

2. If the node does have an attached file, Return the filepath and filename in such a way I can assign a variable to each.

As far as I can see from the upload.module. this is the sQL that checks and loads the node attachments. What I need help with is the end of this snippet...i.e. after building the list of attachments..I would like to assign those to variables....i.e.

$att1="/full/file/path/and/filename.one"
$att2="/full/file/path/and/filename.two" etc.

But my php skills are limited and I'm not sure how to do that.

Anyone got any tips?

if ($node->files && user_access('view uploaded files')) {
        $header = array(t('Attachment'), t('Size'));
        $rows = array();
        $previews = array();

        // Build list of attached files
        foreach ($node->files as $file) {
          if ($file->list) {
            $rows[] = array(
              '<a href="/'. ($file->fid ? file_create_url($file->filepath) : url(file_create_filename($file->filename, file_create_path()))) . '">'. $file->filename .'</a>',
              format_size($file->filesize)
            );
            // We save the list of files still in preview for later
            if (!$file->fid) {
              $previews[] = $file;
            }
}

Dub..

I filed a support request with the attached node project page, but I thought this problem might have been produced from my own ignorance (not necessarily the module itself), so I'll post this issue to the wider forum groups in case someone has a workaround or can explain what I've overlooked.