[chandler-users] Don't Delete Collections that Have Subscriptions!

Bobby Rullo br at osafoundation.org
Wed Mar 28 11:24:10 PST 2007


There could've been. Unfortunately, I know of no way to find that  
out, even with admin access.

Brian, Jared, any ideas?

Bobby
On Mar 28, 2007, at 12:08 PM, Mimi Yin wrote:

> Hi Bobby,
>
> I did this to unsubscribe to Priss' collection and got the null  
> screen. But when I try to access my calendar again, it hangs with  
> the Processing... box again.
>
> Were there any other calendars that were unpublished?
>
> Mimi
>
> On Mar 16, 2007, at 4:10 PM, Bobby Rullo wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Priss and I uncovered a fairly serious bug in the Cosmo UI - if  
>> you are subscribed to a collection in Cosmo UI and someone deletes  
>> that collection you cannot get to the calendar anymore, and there  
>> is no easy fix through the account browser or DAV.
>>
>> So if you give people a bookmarkable URL don't delete that  
>> collection or else you will ruin anyone's account who has  
>> subscribed to it.
>>
>> For those who have a ruined account and are somewhat savvy (aren't  
>> we all?) you can do the following:
>>
>> 	1) go to the calendar page (https://osaf.us/cosmo/pim) - it will  
>> hang at the "Processing..." stage
>> 	2) Figure out the Collection Id and ticket key of the thing you  
>> subscribed to. If your bookmarkable url looked like this:
>>
>> 		https://osaf.us/cosmo/pim/collection/edbf0972- 
>> b5d6-442d-8de1-728307b053f7?ticket=dtzzvhe5z0
>>
>> 	then your collection id is "edbf0972-b5d6-442d-8de1-728307b053f7"  
>> and your ticket key is "dtzzvhe5z0"
>>
>> 	3) type the following into the address bar
>> 	
>> 		javascript:Cal.serv.deleteSubscription("<<collection  
>> id>>","<<ticketKey>>")
>>
>> Obviously (I hope) replace the bracketed bits with the appropriate  
>> value. Don't forget yer quotes.
>>
>> 	4) Hit return. You should see a page that just says "null"
>> 	5) Try accessing your calendar again.
>>
>> These instructions have only been tested in Firefox. Not sure how  
>> well they work in other browsers....
>>
>>
>> bobby
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