Forum .LRN Q&A: Homework folder handling weird

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1: Homework folder handling weird
Posted by Joerg Winckler on 03/19/04 08:53 AM
I ask my students to use the homework folders to pass back their results. When they upload the content dotlrn seems to store the file into a file named "index" loosing the document specific extension. This is fine as long as a browser can deal with the content. But sometimes this is content which cannot be presented by a browser. When I download it (save link as ...) I just get a file named "index" (see above). When I click on "Details" I get a dump from the system.

Any help is appreciated

J. Winckler

-- dump info first lines ---
Request Error
Name was not encoded
    while executing
"dotlrn_homework::decode_name $name"
    invoked from within
"set name [dotlrn_homework::decode_name $name]"
    ("uplevel" body line 48)
    invoked from within
"uplevel {
          ad_page_contract {

--- end dump info ---

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2: Re: Homework folder handling weird (response to 1)
Posted by Tracy Adams on 03/29/04 10:51 PM
The system looks like it is storing the original name, but serving it via the Url "index".  Interestingly enough, it works differently than file storage.

I wasn't able to reproduce the bug above.

Joerg, is there a way I can become a user on your system and see the two problems?

Thank you,
Tracy

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3: Re: Homework folder handling weird (response to 2)
Posted by Tracy Adams on 04/01/04 01:33 AM
Joerg,

I'm aiming to release 2.0.3 on Friday.  I've been working with Heidelberg on their blocking issues and almost done.

I haven't been able to reproduce this issue.  If we want it in the release I'll need access to the system or a way to reproduce it.  We should also open a new bug in the bug tracker.

Please contact me ASAP. If I don't here from you, I'll move on with the release and we can work on getting it into a future release.

Tracy

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4: Re: Homework folder handling weird (response to 3)
Posted by Martin Magerl on 04/02/04 07:26 AM
Hi, the "details link" problem is focused in bug #1068.
There are some additional issues, like the "save as" problem, I mentioned there and fixed with a patch.
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5: Re: Homework folder handling weird (response to 4)
Posted by Joerg Winckler on 04/02/04 06:29 PM
Thank you very much for the hint. We (in fact, Holger Merettig) will install the patch and try again.

Best regards,

Jörg

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6: Re: Homework folder handling weird (response to 1)
Posted by Tracy Adams on 04/03/04 02:45 AM
<blockquote>>>I ask my students to use the homework folders to pass back their results. When they upload the content dotlrn seems to store the file into a file named "index" loosing the document specific extension. This is fine as long as a browser can deal with the content. But sometimes this is content which cannot be presented by a browser. When I download it (save link as ...) I just get a file named "index" (see above).
</blockquote>

This part is fixed in the dotlrn-2-0 branch.  The files are now downloaded with their orignal name.  It will be in dotlrn-2-0-3.

Going to look at the patch for the details link now.

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7: Re: Homework folder handling weird (response to 6)
Posted by Tracy Adams on 04/03/04 04:26 AM
This is bug 1068.  Fixes are on the dotlrn-2-0 branch.  Someone needs to test the postgres version.