1.7.4 _PadDigits error

[petefinnigan]

Hi Guys,

I got an error on 1.7.4 as follows:

Software error:
An internal Greymatter error has occurred in _padDigits, possibly due
 to invalid data (new), run Diagnostic and Repair and check gm-entrylist and gm-counter.

This was done by adding an entry, then pressing preview and thenm pressing re-edit the entry, the re-edit triggers the error.

A work around for the moment is to press the browser back button twice and get back to the edit entry screen and after any necessary chnages to press post entry rather than preview.

This is recreatable in my test blog so its unlikely to be due to the data in the post.

cheers

Pete

[coldstone]

gahh, yes. Its not picking up that you are editing a new entry, instead its trying to edit an existing one.

Thanks for catching this, hopefully I'll have a fix shortly.

[coldstone]

Ok, here is a fix. This defect will only affect 1.7.4.

Add this new block of code to line 2327 in gm.cgi (should be a blank line):

elsif( $IN{'entryid'} eq 'new' ){
       newEntry();
       
   }


What do people think? Is this worth making a 1.7.4.1 release to fix?

[petefinnigan]

Hi Coldstone,

Thanks for your fast response. I have applied the fixes to all my blogs.

thanks again

Cheers

Pete

[marlinnut]

coldstone said:

What do people think? Is this worth making a 1.7.4.1 release to fix?

No, but it sounds like there'll be a 1.7.4.1 release for the simple formatting stuff, so you might want to roll this in ... ;D

[coldstone]

Good point.

[marlinnut]

coldstone said:

Ok, here is a fix. This defect will only affect 1.7.4.

Add this new block of code to line 2327 in gm.cgi (should be a blank line):

elsif( $IN{'entryid'} eq 'new' ){
       newEntry();
       
   }


Now that I've actually gotten around to making the fix, it doesn't appear to work for me - I still get the same error. Assuming I put it in the correct spot, it looks like it becomes part of sub newentry, and goes between blocks of code that's commented out?

[coldstone]

Hmm, either you aren't in 1.7.4 or you went to the wrong line. It should actually be near the top of the editEntry subroutine, following the first if statement in that sub.

[marlinnut]

Interesting ... editing the file in BBEdit, it shows that spot as line 2469. That said, when placed there, the code works just fine.

Thanks for the patience ...

[coldstone]

That is kind of weird, as I use TextWrangler (the free bbedit). Maybe its not counting comments?

Don't worry about it, glad its working.