How to differ real doubleposts from twice-displayed posts

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koopa
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Post by koopa »

Hi

i heard it multiple times now ( and experienced it ), that a post of your own is displayed twice ( doublepost ) and when you delete one of them, both are deleted. Now I found a way how you can differ between real doubleposts and posts that are twice displayed.

I don't know if it's my my computers fault, but I'm even displayed twice in the online list :o

1) Detect two equal posts
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2) Compare the PIDs
Two find out wether those are the same posts or not, you must compare the Post ID. Those are displayed in the status bar ( at the bottom of your browser window ), when you move the mouse over the date-link that is on top of each post. The whole link looks like this: viewtopic.php?pid=1234#p1234
where 1234 is the PID. If the PID of the upper and the PID of the lower posts are identical, it's a viewing bug. If not, you can delete one of them, without having fear that both will be removed.

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//edit: after logging out and in again, it's displayed normal again.
Last edited by koopa on Sun Jan 14, 2007 5:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Dr. Sheexy
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Post by Dr. Sheexy »

I am bumping this because it appears to be happening some more to a few people.

Making sure people are aware of the situation yo.
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