Subj : Messagebase skipping a number
To : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Nov 19 2016 08:02 pm
Re: Messagebase skipping a number
By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sat Nov 19 2016 07:22 pm
> Hi DM,
>
> Today, while using my custom JS message reader, I noticed that one of my
> message sub-boards appears to be skipping an offset. For example, message
> number 3405 (offset 3404) doesn't seem to exist.
It's probably a vote.
> My message reader sees
> messages 3404 and 3406 as valid messages, but there's nothing at message
> number 3405 (which would be offset 3404).
By default, the JS MsgBase does not return votes as messages (e.g. using
get_all_msg_headers).
> When I use the built-in reader,
> it skips that message but the numbers are sequential - According to the
> built-in reader, message number 3405 seems to be what my reader thinks is
> 3406.
Messages offsets and message numbers rarely have a direct correlation (e.g.
when a message is deleted, that message number disappears, but many of the
message offsets are shifted when the message is physically removed from the
base).
The built-in reader displays relative numbers, not actual message numbers (e.g.
the first visible msg to the user is always msg #1).
> In the JavaScript interface, I had thought that message offsets would
> all be valid between 0 and the number of messages in the messagebase. Is
> that not the case?
It is the case. But you probably don't want to load votes, so the default
"include_votes" parameter value (to get_msg_index, get_msg_header and
get_all_msg_headers) is false.
> In the JavaScript interface, is it necessary to go
> through all message offsets to make sure a valid message can be retrieved?
I'm not really sure what you're asking. If you pass "true" as the last argument
to those get_* methods I mentioned, you'll get votes too, but then you'll have
to filter those manually (you don't need/want to try to display vote to the
user). So I think current behavior is what you will want, but you'll need to be
able to handle the case get_msg_index might return null (just move to the next
offset value).
Also, if you want the new msg (pseudo) header properties (upvotes and
downvotes), you'll need to use the get_all_msg_headers() method for retrieving
the message headers.
digital man
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