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Hi,

When I try to use WWW::Mechanize to submit a new entry to the s9y blog, I see there are two unnamed submit options,
<NONAME>=- Preview - (submit)
<NONAME>=- Save - (submit)

and function submit() doesn't work.

Is there any way to name the submit buttons so Mechanize may work? Thanks,

--George

Hi!

I don't know WWW:Mechanize. But in javascript, you would simply do a document.getElementById('serendipityEntry').submit().

Regards,
Garvin

My test seems half working now.

I can see an entry was on database in table serendipity_entries, but It doesn't display on the weblog. Where should I check? Thanks,

Hi!

How does the SQL dump for that entry look like? Maybe some fields are wrong like "isdraft" or "timestamp"?

Regards,
Garvin

Hi

Thank you Garvin. Following is an output from the entries:

mysql> select * from serendipity_entries where id=27989 or id=27988;
+-------+-------------------------------+------------+-------------------------------+----------+------------+----------+--------+----------------+----------+---------+----------------+---------------+-------------------+
| id | title | timestamp | body | comments | trackbacks | extended | exflag | author | authorid | isdraft | allow_comments | last_modified | moderate_comments |
+-------+-------------------------------+------------+-------------------------------+----------+------------+----------+--------+----------------+----------+---------+----------------+---------------+-------------------+
| 27988 | This is a test. please ignore | 1246558600 | This is a test. please ignore | 0 | 0 | | 0 | first.user | 112 | false | true | 1246558600 | false |
| 27989 | 18z frzlvls done | 1246559730 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | second.user | 78 | false | false | 1246559730 | false |
+-------+-------------------------------+------------+-------------------------------+----------+------------+----------+--------+----------------+----------+---------+----------------+---------------+-------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Where id=27988, which is entered from an automatic script, is not displayed on the weblog;
id=27989, which is entered from web interface, is displayed.

Thank you.

--George

Hi!

Is the entry displayed within the backend? The only thing that seems to differ is the "exflag" column, which shouldn't make a difference.

If you use the same authorids, does that make a difference?

Also, check the serendipity_entrycat and serendipity_entryproperties DB tables, if they differ a lot from what they have on their entry_id relations? And you might want to check the _permalinks DB table to see if it has reeceveid an entry.

Regards,
Garvin

There is no entryid for 27988 on the _entrycat DB tables, but everything looks normal on the _entryproperties and _permalinks DB tables.

mysql> select * from serendipity_entrycat where entryid=27989 or entryid=27988;
+---------+------------+
| entryid | categoryid |
+---------+------------+
| 27989 | 1 |
+---------+------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Thanks.

Hi!

Did you maybe try to add a entryid=27989, category=1 entry inside the database? Which s9y version are you using and which plugins? Usually entries without a category should be displayed, but if you use the categorytemplates or startcat plugin for example, those could set a fixed category and this leads to your entry not being displayed.

Also, did you read my questiona bout whether the entry is displayed in the backend?

That's a quick reply. I'll test the add entryid first.
Also in the form, there is a variable like this
serendipity[categories][]=<UNDEF> (option) [*<UNDEF>/off|16/Announcements]

I entered it like
serendipity[categories][]=16 (option) [<UNDEF>/off|*16/Announcements]

It seems no help.

For the backend question, do you refer to a different thread in the forum or just in this thread?

Thanks a lot.

The entry was displayed after the entryid was added into *entrycat. Thanks

Also, the s9y version is very old. It is 1.0.1. How do I check the plugins? Thanks

Hi!

Hm, sadly I don't know how to specify things in mechanize; but the HTTP POST var needs to be serendipity[categories][]=16, yes. Then it should create a entrycat id for "16".

With backend I mean, when you go to the s9y admin panel > Edit entries, do you see the created entry?

Regards,
Garvin

Yes. They are there. Also, I can find them from quick search. Thanks

Hi!

Oh, okay. s9y 1.0.1 is VERY VERY old, you should really try to upgraed; the HTTP POST issues could very much likely be associated.

1.0. is about 3 years old...

Regards,
Garvin

Hi Garvin,

Thanks for your helps. Finally I think it is working. I didn't put a "=" after field("serendipity[categories][]" and that caused problems.

$mech->field("serendipity[body]", "This is a test. please ignore" );
#$mech->field("serendipity[categories][]", "13" ); This line doesn't work
$mech->field("serendipity[categories][]=", 13); This line works

Although the dump form shows same result, i.e.,

serendipity[categories][]=13 (option) [<UNDEF>/off|*13]


Thank you again for your help.

--George