[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #2609: Set posts of deleted category on the default category

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#2609: Set posts of deleted category on the default category
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       Id:  2609            |      Status:  new                     
Component:  Administration  |    Modified:  Thu Mar 30 16:29:55 2006
 Severity:  critical        |   Milestone:                          
 Priority:  normal          |     Version:  2.0.2                   
    Owner:  anonymous       |    Reporter:  santana                 
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 Wordpress allow to set default category in "Options Menù". In "Manage
 Categories" menù it is written "Deleting a category does not delete posts
 from that category, it will just set them back to the default category
 <my_default_category>" but if I delete a category, posts of that category
 are set on category with ID = 1, Uncategorized Category. This category may
 not be the default cateroty.

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 If I can afford, I think that files involved in are:

 1- /wordpress/wp-admin/admin-db.php
 2- /wordpress/wp-admin/categories.php

 I have fixed this problem in this way (lines with "<" are removed, with
 ">" are added, with "--" are unmodified) :

 {{{
 --- File categories.php --- [around line 47]


 < if (1 == $cat_ID)

 > if (get_cat_ID(get_catname(get_option('default_category'))) == $cat_ID)
 --   die(sprintf(__("Can't delete the <strong>%s</strong> category: this
 is the default one"), $cat_name));

 }}}



 {{{
 --- File admin-db.php --- [around line 169 - in wp_delete_category
 function]



 >    $cat_def = get_cat_ID(get_catname(get_option('default_category')));

 <    $wpdb->query("UPDATE $wpdb->post2cat SET category_id='1' WHERE
 category_id='$cat_ID'");
 >    $wpdb->query("UPDATE $wpdb->post2cat SET category_id='$cat_def' WHERE
 category_id='$cat_ID'");

 }}}

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 MY PLATFORM:
 - O.S.: Debian Testing GNU/Linux - Kernel 2.6.15.4
 - PHP v. 4;
 - MySql v. 4.1;
 - Web Sever: Apache v. 1.3;

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