UBB.Developers Forums General Discussion Suggestions and Feedback Dropping of B_ParentUser

Well it seems that pretty much all my users really hate the dropping of B_ParentUser info.. They aren't used to using the quote feature so it makes it confusing as to who is replying to who.

What does everyone else think of this?

I'm not sure that it's a big deal. When I post, if there's any ambiguity in whom I'm replying to, I'll mention that person by name in the post.

Automatically indicating the repliee (is that a word?) can even be misleading, if the replier used flat view and used the last reply link in the thread, rather than the reply link of the appropriate post.

Some people are really missing this.

I think with some luck Rick will find a solution that works while maintaining the speed.

With the amount of posts we get per thread/day. It can really get confusing sometimes. I guess I could put it back in myself, but I would really like to see this be an available feature.

I also think that anytime a feature is removed from the software that it should mention this somewhere in the upgrade documentation or something. I guess I could have looked at the altertable script first but I never really thought a major feature like this would be taken out.

*sigh*

I did write a mod to put it back (under beta mods)

Warning....this adds 1 or 2 queries (depending on the option you choose) per post. (that's post).

So if your site is too busy (your site is huge) it might not be able to handle it. Use with caution. But wanted to let you know it's there if you want to give it a try.

The loss of that feature was a result of the conversion to Usernumber.

I haven't seen any 6.2 code so I'm just guessing here, but wouldn't it be possible to do one separate query after all posts have been read to get the names of all parentusers found and insert them into the post array?

I have done this on other things to avoid a join so I'm sure it's completely possible. A query would need to be formatted with all the user numbers and then cycle through and place them into the array. This will still affect the speed slightly but there should only be one query needed.

I agree and I've had a few complaints about this same thing. When you go to read a post that's 50+ posts back you haven't a clue who you're responding to after reading through so many....

Yeah, My mod which adds this back in works.. but it might not be the best way. It does a query first to see the usernumber of the poster of the parent post. This step can then offer a link to the profile. or you can go one step further and then look up the username.

But I bet JustDave's way is better.

Actually I ended up having to use two queries and 3 loops. The speed impact is minimal but I think the trade off is worth it.

It's not that hard of a hack. I'll post the code yet today.


In stead of going back to the old way of placing the link around the name of the person your replying to I just put the "by JoePoster" after the subject of the reply but now thinking about that that isn't quite right since the poster can change the subject of their reply... lol

Guess I'll have to work on that.

Did you look at mine. I'd be curious as to "how I did". Is my version slower?

I use 2 queries (per post). Or is yours just 2 queries total??

Mine is 2 total.

I'll post instructions yet tonight.

cool! You da man!

If The usernumber of who you were replying to was stored, then I bet it would only be one!

That definately would help. When Rick gets this worked back in perhaps he will take that route.

The only problem with this is that some people (like navaho) don't bother using the correct reply link, but always use the one in the last post, so the username shown won't necessarily be meaningful.

LoL I'm guilty of that too...

Yeah me too. But it's worse if they don't see "Re: Username" to begin with.

If they are seeing "Re: Username" then they are more likely to choose to reply to the correct person.

The quick reply is a bit of a culprit too. If they just fill in the form then they reply to the last post. But if they use the javascript, then it works right.

I can't find the post in beta mods...but I assume the extra queries are because you have to resolve the U_Number into U_Username, so the username is visible. I think you could add a column to the posts table which keeps a record of who you're replying to, that way you can pick it up in the query to get the post, and you can drop it in the query to add the post. It wouldn't work with older posts, but you could also resolve the u_number to u_username IF the new column is blank. It would cut down on extra queries for new posts, but still be backwards compatable.

Here it is... (well I think this is what you were looking for)

https://ubbdev.com/threads/php/...=collapsed&sb=5&o=31&fpart=1

Dave's figured out a way that uses only 2 queries. I had done an earlier hack.... but it used 2 queries per post. Dave's is better.