Issue: Template Updating

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April 6, 2009 10:42 AM

Mokonzi

Senior Member

Template Updating

When a Template is Updated, it doesn't Update all instances of the template

I've noticed that when I update a template (i.e. edit the template) and then save, when I come back to articles that include the template, they aren't updated.

I have to edit and save (without actually 'editing' the article) for it to update template in the article.

This (from how I've been thinking about it) might be difficult to solve, as you don't want to scan all articles after each template update. Perhaps forcing articles that have templates to check for updates when they are next reloaded might be one option to solve, or having an option that you can click after a Template is edited that scans all Wiki articles and updates the templates.

Issue Details

Issue Number 488

Issue Type Bug

Project VaultWiki 3.x Series

Category Templates

Status Fixed

Priority 3 - Loss of Functionality

Affected Version 2.2.2

Fixed Version 2.2.3

Milestone (none)

Software DependencyAny

Users able to reproduce bug 0

Users unable to reproduce bug 0

Attachments 0

Assigned Users (none)

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April 6, 2009 11:21 AM

pegasus

VaultWiki Team

There is code in place the delete post cache entries for articles with links when the linked article is created (to update the link). This is not as difficult as it sounds because many beta versions ago (and after a lot of bugs), we managed to save every wiki link used to the database, along with the corresponding post IDs that use them.

For articles with redirects, it deletes the cache when the linked article is updated. For articles with templates, it should delete the cache when the linked template is updated...

But there is a looping problem with the code where it resets IDs that need updating and only updates the last group. This would be fine since the last group checked is templates, but there is another issue where the redirect code is appended to the template code, which means that only templates that are used in an article and also redirected to in the same article would be updated (this is impossible).

Fixed for the next build by renaming some things and moving some things around in the post cache updater.

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April 6, 2009 12:13 PM

Mokonzi

Senior Member

Fantastic work as always!

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