I agree this is a bit weird. I believe that there is a race condition somewhere that causes the user_scratchpad field to get overwritten, in fact it appears this race condition also means that the "restrict duplicates" on the scratchpad nodetype doesn't actually restrict them. However unlike you I havent been able to duplicate this behaviour so im a bit stumped as to where it is. Admittedly I havent had the time to really analyze its cause.

I have however fixed the 50 or so users who this has effected, and will be monitoring it to see how often it happens in the future, and will do my best to track the cause down and fix it.

Oh boy not having transactions makes pmdev life a real blast doesnt it?


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demerphq

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In reply to Re^2: Oddity with Scratchpad by demerphq
in thread Oddity with Scratchpad by Limbic~Region

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