eric@lucii.org on 29 Aug 2004 16:39:02 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] novell kit


On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 11:53:16AM -0400, LeRoy Cressy wrote:
> eric@lucii.org wrote:
> | On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 10:42:14AM -0400, Stewart Lone wrote:
> |
> |>This page seem to have a link(working at the moment- Friday 10:27 AM)
> |>that takes you to a Novell page with a questionair- signup form for
> |>their "kit".
> |>
> |>Here is the URL for the page.
> |>http://www.nwfusion.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_threaded;post=1871;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;t=default
> |>
> |>Here is the actual URL----
> |>http://www.novell.com/community/linux/order_limited.php
> |
> |
> | Once *again*, I'm hosed by Novell's application.  I fill out the form,
> | click the submit button and BAM!
> |
> |     Couldn't execute query. (dbilib.inc:dbquery) insert into
> |     SurveyAnswers (questionid, userid, questionanswer) values
> |     (0,61516,'More than 10'),(1,61516,'10'),(2,61516,'Yes'),
> |     (2,61516,'Philadelphia Linux User's Group'),
> |     (3,61516,'No'),(4,61516,'None'),(4,61516,''),
> 
> I think that the problem could be the Novell application is attempting
> to insert into the database questionid where questionid and userid are
> not unique.  See questionid with the value '4' in two inserts in the
> above line?  If there is an index that specifies uniqueness for userid
> and questionid the query will fail.
> 
> create unique index index_name on table SurveyAnswers
> (
> 	questionid, userid
> );
> 
> |     (5,61516,'Computer - Network Consulting'),(6,61516,'Computer
> Support'),
> |     (7,61516,'1-10'),(8,61516,'1-10'),(20,61516,'Application_Server'),
> |     (20,61516,'Database_Server'), (20,61516,'Email_Server'),
> |     (20,61516,'File_Server'), (20,61516,'Print_Server'),
> |     (20,61516,'Proxy_Caching'), (20,61516,'Security'),
> |     (20,61516,'Web_Server'),(21,61516,'None'), (22,61516,'None'),
> |     (23,61516,'None'),(24,61516,'Test_Environment'),
> (24,61516,'Web_Server'),
> |     (25,61516,'None'),(26,61516,'None'), (27,61516,'Linux'),
> |     (27,61516,'Windows'),(28,61516,'LDAP'), (29,61516,'Other'),
> |     (30,61516,'None'),(31,61516,'Open_Office_(all_variants)'),
> |     (31,61516,'Microsoft'),(32,61516,'Yes')
> |
> | Curiously, I'm not sure if this means that I'm not entered to get
> | the kit or if I _am_ entered but they don't have the survey answers
> | in the database now :-D  Guess I'll find out.
> |
> | Eric
> 
> It appears that Novell's SurveyAnswer table is all messed up.  On the
> otherhand, it seems that the customer table along with the shipping
> address portion of the application is working.
> 
> 
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Wow - nice detective work.  I concur with the duplicate key theory - given
the code it makes perfect sense.

Actually, I tried several hours later and was successful!  The email arrived
a short time later and delivery of the kit has been promised!

Thanks,

Eric

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#  Eric Lucas
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