SID-02362: Table Corruption Using EditTablePlugin

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	6.0.2	Perl version:	5.10.1
Category:	EditTablePlugin	Server OS:	Linux 2.6.32	Last update:	7 years ago

We have a page containing a table using the EDITTABLEPLUGIN, which is edited often and by various users. We experienced corrupted table content pretty often until we admins told the users to force a page reload before each switch to edit mode. Under this regime the error almost vanished.

Can it be that the plugin has problems with the browser's caching algorithm? Maybe it is not a plugin but a general TWiki problem? Is there a solution?

This problem may be linked to SID-01709.

-- Detlef Marxsen - 2018-06-22

Discussion and Answer

Meanwhile I can add more precise info. One type of corruption can be forced the following way:

1. User A enters table edit mode, adds a table row and saves the table.
2. User B enters table edit mode, deletes the just created row, and saves the table.
3. User A enters table edit mode: The row still exists but is empty.

-- Detlef Marxsen - 2018-07-17

Thank you for specifying how to reproduce the issue. Confirmed and fixed, see TWikibug:Item7853.

Updated EditTablePlugin is available on TWiki.org and via configure script. Please update.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2018-07-23

... thanks! I'll have to wait about three weeks for the installation. Hard to wait that long

-- Detlef Marxsen - 2018-07-30

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