Archived material Access restricted Article
Rantburg

Today's Front Page   View All of Mon 05/02/2005 View Sun 05/01/2005 View Sat 04/30/2005 View Fri 04/29/2005 View Thu 04/28/2005 View Wed 04/27/2005 View Tue 04/26/2005
1
2005-05-02 
As the cookie crumbles
Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.
Posted by seafarious 2005-05-02 6:21:30 PM|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 My name was available but not my website. Food for thought, anyway.
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 7:08:18 PM|| [http://http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 7:08:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 And it appended ''http://'' to my website that time. I wonder what will happen now.
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 19:08|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 19:08|| Front Page Top

#3 And it appended ''http://'' to my website that time. I wonder what will happen now.
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 19:09|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 19:09|| Front Page Top

#4 And it appended '' h t t p : / / '' to my website that time. I wonder what will happen now.
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 19:09|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 19:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Ooh, each one of those it was showing an error message instead of showing that the message had been posted.
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 19:10||   2005-05-02 19:10|| Front Page Top

#6 It seems to show two ''comments'' for each comment I try to make, as well.
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 19:11||   2005-05-02 19:11|| Front Page Top

#7 PHP got your tongue?
Posted by .com 2005-05-02 19:11||   2005-05-02 19:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Seems like it, .com. Although you notice the not-real blank comments don't have a ''comment'' link available?
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 19:12||   2005-05-02 19:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Curiously, the ''quotes'' work in the O Club routine, but not here. I'd guess it has something to do with the fact that it's previewing data posted on another page. ASP doesn't gag on it, but PHP does...
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 19:19||   2005-05-02 19:19|| Front Page Top

#10 Fred, do I need to be on the .asp pages, or the .php one? I'm in .asp right now.
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 19:29||   2005-05-02 19:29|| Front Page Top

#11 
Hey, Sea. I'm just borrowing your color for a second so I can test how my usual quoting shorthand works.
You can walk in these shoes? Impressive. When I try I just trip and faaaaaaaaa
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 19:32|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 19:32|| Front Page Top

#12 Is that a picture of Fox News' Laurie Dhue with the accordian?
Posted by Tom Dooley 2005-05-02 19:40||   2005-05-02 19:40|| Front Page Top

#13 Fred, looks like an empty comment is being inserted into the database following each valid one. I'm cleaning them up in the other comment threads just to keep things readable, but leaving them here for you to look at when you get back.
Posted by rkb 2005-05-02 19:42||   2005-05-02 19:42|| Front Page Top

#14 I never mess with H, it'n an arrogrant lettre.
Posted by juche large 2005-05-02 19:43||   2005-05-02 19:43|| Front Page Top

#15 That would make my current programming language "PP"
Posted by Fred as himself  2005-05-02 8:05:04 PM||   2005-05-02 8:05:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 So that might isolate the problem to the
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 20:06||   2005-05-02 20:06|| Front Page Top

#17 This appears to control the problem, which I'm guessing lies on the PHP version of the preview page. I'm going to leave things this way, while I build an off-line toy to preview stuff and then somehow get it saved. We're writing the comments now in PHP, previewing in ASP, then writing in PHP.

I'm so confused... Sorry for all the mess and inconvenience.
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 20:11||   2005-05-02 20:11|| Front Page Top

#18 Damn. And now I've lost my cookie...
Posted by Fred">Fred  2005-05-02 20:15||   2005-05-02 20:15|| Front Page Top

#19 hmm?
Posted by OldSpook 2005-05-02 20:23||   2005-05-02 20:23|| Front Page Top

#20 hmm?

Notice: Undefined variable: rtext in C:web
antburgwwwcommwArticle.php on line 13

Notice: Undefined variable: sName in C:web
antburgwwwcommwArticle.php on line 19

Notice: Undefined variable: rdate in C:web
antburgwwwcommwArticle.php on line 20

Notice: Undefined variable: sMail in C:web
antburgwwwcommwArticle.php on line 21

Notice: Undefined variable: sWeb in C:web
antburgwwwcommwArticle.php on line 28
Posted by OldSpook 2005-05-02 20:23||   2005-05-02 20:23|| Front Page Top

#21 I have to keep inserting my email addy, but the nombre is bueno
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2005-05-02 20:27||   2005-05-02 20:27|| Front Page Top

#22 Nice legs, Phil. It's easier to walk in those if you turn your toes in just a little bit.

Much better.

Now how do you do that color quote thing? Melike!
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2005-05-02 20:28||   2005-05-02 20:28|| Front Page Top

#23 Em, I put up the snippet of html (which I more-or-less customize as I go along, depending on what background or foreground color I want to use... in the latter case, I also add a font thingey...) over in the O-club.
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 20:41|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 20:41|| Front Page Top

#24 Test entry...
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 20:43||   2005-05-02 20:43|| Front Page Top

#25 And I'm still getting strange blank repeat comments after the initial ones. I am using Firefox 1.0 on MacOS 10.3. (I might go try safari in a sec).
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 20:43|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 20:43|| Front Page Top

#26 I'm trying to figure that right now...
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 20:44||   2005-05-02 20:44|| Front Page Top

#27 For some reason I'm not getting them...
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 20:44||   2005-05-02 20:44|| Front Page Top

#28 OK, I just reset my cookies to see what would happen. - pgf
Posted by Slong Thotle1838 2005-05-02 20:51||   2005-05-02 20:51|| Front Page Top

#29 I've set the comments to bypass preview...
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 20:53||   2005-05-02 20:53|| Front Page Top

#30 The blank appears to be associated with an error message. Note the time is missing, too...
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 20:54||   2005-05-02 20:54|| Front Page Top

#31 Well, could you switch it back? I now have Safari open, and it would be useful, I suspect, to see if this is a firefox-on-macos-only bug. - pgf
Posted by Hupeash Chaling3986 2005-05-02 20:55||   2005-05-02 20:55|| Front Page Top

#32 Soon as I track down the bug...
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 20:56||   2005-05-02 20:56|| Front Page Top

#33 When I submitted that comment, I wound up with a blank browser window.
Posted by Uniger Slolurong7488 2005-05-02 20:56||   2005-05-02 20:56|| Front Page Top

#34 Soon as I track down the bug... A second try at that one...
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 20:58||   2005-05-02 20:58|| Front Page Top

#35 DUH! It would help, I suppose, if I had cookies enabled in Safari. (Done.) - pgf
Posted by Angiling Elmereth6111 2005-05-02 20:58||   2005-05-02 20:58|| Front Page Top

#36 I had to turn off the redirect for a moment. Found that little bug...
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 20:59||   2005-05-02 20:59|| Front Page Top

#37 It kinda grinds to a halt without cookies.

Single quotes: 'Here are single quotes.'

Double quotes: ''Here are double quotes.''
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 21:01||   2005-05-02 21:01|| Front Page Top

#38 Both worked, and no blank posts. How y'doin', Phil? Are you yerself again?
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 21:01||   2005-05-02 21:01|| Front Page Top

#39 I think I'll just redo the preview function to take it out of the sequence. It'll be simpler that way, anywhich.
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 21:02||   2005-05-02 21:02|| Front Page Top

#40 I can see your name. What happened to your text?
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 21:03||   2005-05-02 21:03|| Front Page Top

#41 That last one wasn't a php bug... I hit enter early. I'm not used to this browser.

Cookies are set on full bore no-restrictions now. Let's see if it remembers my name this time...
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 21:04|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 21:04|| Front Page Top

#42 No, it didn't. I had to type it in again. I think the bug's on this end, though.

I think I'll download vanilla mozilla and see what happens with _it_.

(Could it be the cookie for the ident is issued somewhere in the preview page?)

(Irony: Pink Floyd's ''Brain Damage'' is playing on my computer now. Just remember, there is no dark side of .php... it's all dark!
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 21:06|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 21:06|| Front Page Top

#43 OK, this comment (and the following one) will be used to check whether rantburg will remember my identity in Mo' Zilla. I have cookies set to ''originating site only.'' Here we go...
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 21:14|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 21:14|| Front Page Top

#44 Cookie's issued by the preview page. I have to move it to the write page.
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 21:15||   2005-05-02 21:15|| Front Page Top

#45 And it didn't work. Switching to ''ME LIKE COOKIE'' mode and retyping my name and website...
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 21:15|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 21:15|| Front Page Top

#46 and that didn't work. OH, I just saw Fred's message. Thank you for fixing this...
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 21:17|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 21:17|| Front Page Top

#47 I moved the setcookie routine to the write page...
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 21:18||   2005-05-02 21:18|| Front Page Top

#48 One last piece moved in before I rebuild the preview page...
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 21:21||   2005-05-02 21:21|| Front Page Top

#49 Hmmm...
<




and that didn't work. OH, I just saw Fred's message. Thank you for fixing this...


Posted by: Phil Fraering  
2005-05-02  
2005-05-02 21:17  


Posted by Cheaque Tholurt9471 2005-05-02 21:47||   2005-05-02 21:47|| Front Page Top

#50 Now what happened?

I'm definitely becoming an alcoholic...
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 21:48||   2005-05-02 21:48|| Front Page Top

#51 Perl single-pass eval. Heh. Dead meat.

Not that I would...
Posted by Cheaque Tholurt9471 2005-05-02 21:52||   2005-05-02 21:52|| Front Page Top

#52 (Sorry. Went to Rand's site to check out the Space Access news, since I wasn't able to make it this year).

Anyway, what happened was that cookies didn't work *that* time. I'm on Camino now, and I'll try two posts to see if cookies work this time.
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 21:52|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 21:52|| Front Page Top

#53 O FRABJOUS DAY! CALLOO! CALLAY! The cookie got saved!
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 21:53|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 21:53|| Front Page Top

#54 Now trying it with mozilla...
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 21:56|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 21:56|| Front Page Top

#55 Well, that's a good thing. Preview is now a popup you can use before hitting submit.

I think I might leave it that way, if this interation works.
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 21:57||   2005-05-02 21:57|| Front Page Top

#56 And Mozilla worked too. What do you people think about Empress Hillary's plans to conquer France?
Posted by Bearded Evil Phil 2005-05-02 21:58|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 21:58|| Front Page Top

#57 just posted a Islam-Polio story weith no apparent glitches
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2005-05-02 22:00||   2005-05-02 22:00|| Front Page Top

#58 I'm also kinda-sorta debating using this image or one like it in future Nuggets From Pravda:
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 22:01|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 22:01|| Front Page Top

#59 SIGH... I meant this image:
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 22:04|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 22:04|| Front Page Top

#60 OK... so I'm doing images wrong. Or something.

It's 9:17 and I haven't eaten yet. Fred, if you want me to try anything else, mail me or page me in the o-club...
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 22:07|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 22:07|| Front Page Top

#61 You put two single quotes in to delineate the url, instead of either a single quote or a double quote.
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 22:11|| www.rantburg.com]">[www.rantburg.com]  2005-05-02 22:11|| Front Page Top

#62 Two single quotes at the start, and two single quotes at the end? (are you saying that's what I should do, or what it looks like I did do? they were plain double quotes when they left here).
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 22:13|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 22:13|| Front Page Top

#63 They came through as two pairs of single quotes.
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 22:15|| www.rantburg.com]">[www.rantburg.com]  2005-05-02 22:15|| Front Page Top

#64 
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 22:17|| www.rantburg.com]">[www.rantburg.com]  2005-05-02 22:17|| Front Page Top

#65 Worked normally for me, using single quotes. But I notice some times are coming through as zeroes.

Doesn't look like I'm going to do much posting tonight.
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 22:19|| www.rantburg.com]">[www.rantburg.com]  2005-05-02 22:19|| Front Page Top

#66 Look, I'll send some money via Paypal when I get paid in full for last week. Which should be sometime next week. (I'd link to that image myself, but everything gets screwed up.)

Since I haven't used this browser much on this machine, it may be a problem _here_. I can double-check everything on my NORMAL machine tomorrow during lunch at work. (Another fact that makes me want to link to the above image).
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 22:21|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 22:21|| Front Page Top

#67 Given all the other bugs that have crawled out today, I suspect it's something included in the PHP version...
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 22:22|| www.rantburg.com]">[www.rantburg.com]  2005-05-02 22:22|| Front Page Top

#68 Thanks for posting the image of my little aluminium bird at the club, Fred. Next will be a holographic fly-thru.

[prieview worked, now I will hit submit query]
Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul  2005-05-02 22:23||   2005-05-02 22:23|| Front Page Top

#69 Autospellchecker failure....heh heh. did not reload my name and email address for next comment.
Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul  2005-05-02 22:24||   2005-05-02 22:24|| Front Page Top

#70 I've cleaned up as much of the damage I did today as I could find. But it looks like some pages are still producing comments without dates. I've got to track that down.

The plane's okay, maybe a few bears, but NO CATS!
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 22:35|| www.rantburg.com]">[www.rantburg.com]  2005-05-02 22:35|| Front Page Top

#71 OH DRAT. My power cord just broke on the laptop.

I *really* have to go now. TTYL.
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-02 22:36|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-05-02 22:36|| Front Page Top

#72 I hate it when that happens. See you tomorrow, if there's anything left here then.
Posted by Fred as himself">Fred as himself  2005-05-02 22:43|| www.rantburg.com]">[www.rantburg.com]  2005-05-02 22:43|| Front Page Top

#73 Ferd Fred, don't overdo it. I put a few stories in the hopper for midnight...
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2005-05-02 22:44||   2005-05-02 22:44|| Front Page Top

#74 Can I comment now?
Posted by Jury-sex 2005-05-02 22:49||   2005-05-02 22:49|| Front Page Top

#75 No.
Posted by .commissioner 2005-05-02 22:51||   2005-05-02 22:51|| Front Page Top

16:22 Gromons Gloper2496
16:16 Gromons Gloper2496
16:05 Gromons Gloper2496
16:03 Gromons Gloper2496
15:56 Gromons Gloper2496
15:54 Gromons Gloper2496
15:52 Gromons Gloper2496
15:41 Gromons Gloper2496
15:29 Gromons Gloper2496
15:28 Gromons Gloper2496
15:15 Gromons Gloper2496
14:59 Gromons Gloper2496
12:01 Juan
00:14 thibaud (aka lex)
23:50 JosephMendiola
23:19 Sherry
23:15 .com
23:10 .com
23:04 Fred as himself
22:59 Pappy
22:56 VAMark
22:54 Jury-sex
22:51 .commissioner
22:50 .commingler









Paypal:
Google
Search WWW Search rantburg.com