[wp-hackers] Plugin Activation

[Andy Staines]

Now there's a question. It seems most unlikely but I can sure ask  
them. They are not all in the same countries but that's not  
conclusive. It would be an enormous co-incidence if they were!

On 11:57  PM |  Sun 17 Jun 07, at 11:57  PM |  17 Jun 07, Matt wrote:

> Are the 3 users all on the same server?
>
> On 6/17/07, Andy Staines <andy at yellowswordfish.com> wrote:
>>
>> That's not something I'm ever really going to know. Yes - it
>> certainly looks like 4.1.20 has a table creation problem and if I
>> find what it is I can cater for it. But that still doesn't explain
>> the missing menu which is the real puzzle.
>>
>> On 11:10  PM |  Sun 17 Jun 07, at 11:10  PM |  17 Jun 07, Matt wrote:
>>
>> > Do any of your other users use MySQL 4.1.20 and NOT have the
>> > problem? If
>> > not, get your users on MySQL 4.1.21 or MySQL 5.x. It could be a bug
>> > in MySQL
>> > 4.1.20...
>> >
>> > On 6/17/07, Andy Staines <andy at yellowswordfish.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I asked three or four weeks back if anyone had any idea why one  
>> user
>> >> of my forum plugin was not seeing the admin menu (under 'Manage').
>> >> This went unresolved but there is something weird going on so I
>> >> thought I'd have another go to see if anyone had any ideas.
>> >>
>> >> I now have three users with this problem (out of a large number  
>> who
>> >> don't) - two are using 2.2 and one 2.1. The only thing they  
>> seem to
>> >> have in common is they are all using MySQL 4.1.20 - and, what's  
>> more,
>> >> the activate hook that creates the tables is also either  
>> failing, or,
>> >> MySQL 4.1.20 doesn't want to do it. So these three end up with no
>> >> tables created, an incomplete activation of the plugin and no  
>> admin
>> >> menu!
>> >>
>> >> The questions raised by this are - why should 4.1.20 fail to  
>> create
>> >> the tables and why should this stop the menu from being created. I
>> >> can see no relationship between the db and the menuing system.  
>> Plus,
>> >> in all cases, the plugin appears correctly in the 'active_plugins'
>> >> option record.
>> >>
>> >> I would really like to sort this out if possible but I am  
>> completely
>> >> stuck for ideas. Can anyone advise? (On my original query I had
>> >> responses to do with the activate hook usage and the  
>> add_submenu_page
>> >> usage but these work fine 99.9% of the time and are correct.
>> >> Something else seems to be in play here).
>> >>
>> >> As an extra item, I tried the simple expedient in testing of  
>> forcing
>> >> the tables to fail via code. This led to the plugin activation  
>> page
>> >> returning the message: 'Plugin could not be activated because it
>> >> triggered a fatal error' but it WAS in fact activated (albeit
>> >> crippled) and I still got the menu appearing! I assume this is  
>> a bug
>> >> in the plugin activation code.
>> >>
>> >> This is driving me nuts and my hair is turning white. OK - it was
>> >> already white but now it's falling out. Can anyone point me in the
>> >> right direction?
>> >>
>> >> regards
>> >> Andy
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