LimeSurvey bugs, patches and feature requests - Issues

07849: Complete status = N when usesleft > 1

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:11:39 +0200

When you make a survey for which you need to have usesleft greater than 1, you cannot get complete status set to Y or to the date of completion ( in participant screen - the one is survey's results browing is fine).
The main problem of this is that when you want to send a reminder to participants not having filled the survey yet, mails are being sent to everybody instead of just the participants without answer.

07848: Expand question index

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:45:47 +0200

I would like the question index to be expended by default , or an option to expand the question index by default. The screenshot shows it at the end of a survey, I would like it to be expanded at the start.

07846: get_summary/completed_responses gives no valid Returnvalue

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:40:20 +0200

$result = $myJSONRPCClient->get_summary($sessionKey, $sid,'completed_responses');

if the survey has not been answered yet - the expected returnvalue is 0.
instead of a returnvalue the execution of the php script stops at once.

if the survey has completed answers everything works fine.

07845: Suggestion

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:19:35 +0200

Either not have to setup a group before inserting questions OR have the ability to not have to questions within groups displayed on the same page.

07844: PHPSESSID cookie is not httponly

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:08 +0200

In order to mitigate XSS attacks, PHPSESSID should have the "httponly" attribute

07843: date/time field (HH:MM) does not display value, when visited again

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:33:27 +0200

If one uses a date field to collect hours and minutes with options:
Display dropdown boxes: Yes
Date/Time format: HH:MM

The hours and minutes are submitted at first, but if one comes back from a later page the field values are not properly set.

07842: Import partipants CSV from Excel Mac 2011 fails

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:14:23 +0200

1. Save a CSV created in Excel 2011 in Mac. (These have ^M line endings)
2. Import in LimeSurvey
3. Line endings are missed, so all the data ends up treated as a gigantic header.

07841: list_surveys does not list surveys without startdate and/or expires

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:39:06 +0200

SSIA.

07840: Short Text responses not displaying properly in .csv export

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:19:16 +0200

When we export survey responses, short text do not appear as they do in the database or on the responses screen. We entered "Rua Ranulfo alvares" but the .csv export showed "a Ranulfo alvares" instead. This is in Lime Version 1.92+ Build 120718 running on a Redhat Server.

We also have an instance of Lime Version 2.00+ Build 130514 running on the same server and this one shows blank for short text responses which start with a "Ru".

07839: Tables at the new wiki are missing border

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:20:30 +0200

When viewing tabular overviews at the new wiki such as http://manual.limesurvey.org/wiki/Expression_Manager_Examples#Relevance, [^] the table is missing borders which makes it hard to read.

07834: Feature Request - Short tag for every survey

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:05:16 +0200

Feature Request - Short tag for every survey

Hi,

A short tag must be for every survey and we must access to this survey by http://www.xxx.com/tag. [^]

Because, I could say to students "please fill the survey at http://www.xxx.com/students, [^] or to friends http://www.xxx.com/teachers [^] or http://www.xxx.com/stars [^] or etc. If possible index.php must not be at address.

I tried with .htaccess rewrite rule but i am not succesfull.

I think the solving is:

student is the example tag

With a .htacess redirecting "http://www.xxx.com/student" [^] must redirect to "http://www.xxx.com/index.php?survey=student" [^]

and index.php file must compare the short tag (ex:student) from database and open the address http://www.xxx.com/index.php/NNNNNN?lang=mm [^]

07833: "General error: 2014 Cannot execute queries while other unbuffered queries are active" on "editconditionsform"

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:17:40 +0200

I have this error when i'm trying to add some conditions to any of my surveys. The condition seems to be added well but then i can't edit this question condition's again. I get the same error message.

I attached the html page I get when reproducing this bug with debug active( detail error and callstack).

This bug looks a bit like this one http://bugs.limesurvey.org/view.php?id=7787. [^]

07831: SQL error while installation

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:39:35 +0200

Executing: CREATE TABLE lime_permissions ( id serial NOT NULL, entity varying(50) NOT NULL, entity_id varying(100) NOT NULL, uid integer NOT NULL, permission character varying(100) NOT NULL, create_p integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL, read_p integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL, update_p integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL, delete_p integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL, import_p integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL, export_p integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL, CONSTRAINT lime_permissions_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)); failed! Reason: exception 'CDbException' with message 'CDbCommand failed to execute the SQL statement: SQLSTATE[42704]: Undefined object: 7 ERROR: type "varying" does not exist LINE 1: ... lime_permissions ( id serial NOT NULL, entity varying(50... ^' in /var/www/repro/check/framework/db/CDbCommand.php:354 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/repro/check/application/controllers/InstallerController.php(947): CDbCommand->execute() #1 /var/www/repro/check/application/controllers/InstallerController.php(917): InstallerController->_executeSQLFile('/var/www/repro/...', 'lime_') #2 /var/www/repro/check/application/controllers/InstallerController.php(561): InstallerController->_setup_tables('/var/www/repro/...') #3 /var/www/repro/check/application/controllers/InstallerController.php(78): InstallerController->stepPopulateDb() #4 /var/www/repro/check/framework/web/CWebApplication.php(276): InstallerController->run('populatedb') #5 /var/www/repro/check/framework/web/CWebApplication.php(135): CWebApplication->runController('installer/popul...') #6 /var/www/repro/check/framework/base/CApplication.php(162): CWebApplication->processRequest() #7 /var/www/repro/check/index.php(190): CApplication->run() #8 {main}
Executing: create unique index permissions_idx2 ON lime_permissions (entity_id, entity_name, uid, permission); failed! Reason: exception 'CDbException' with message 'CDbCommand failed to execute the SQL statement: SQLSTATE[42P01]: Undefined table: 7 ERROR: relation "lime_permissions" does not exist' in /var/www/repro/check/framework/db/CDbCommand.php:354 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/repro/check/application/controllers/InstallerController.php(947): CDbCommand->execute() #1 /var/www/repro/check/application/controllers/InstallerController.php(917): InstallerController->_executeSQLFile('/var/www/repro/...', 'lime_') #2 /var/www/repro/check/application/controllers/InstallerController.php(561): InstallerController->_setup_tables('/var/www/repro/...') #3 /var/www/repro/check/application/controllers/InstallerController.php(78): InstallerController->stepPopulateDb() #4 /var/www/repro/check/framework/web/CWebApplication.php(276): InstallerController->run('populatedb') #5 /var/www/repro/check/framework/web/CWebApplication.php(135): CWebApplication->runController('installer/popul...') #6 /var/www/repro/check/framework/base/CApplication.php(162): CWebApplication->processRequest() #7 /var/www/repro/check/index.php(190): CApplication->run() #8 {main}

07830: add "question code" to result of remote controls' list_questions'

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:47:30 +0200

The return array of list_questions contains qid, language, type and question (for the given language).
Please add question code to make it useful.

Array (
[id] => Array (
[qid] => 11263
[language] => fr
)
[type] => L
[question] => Quelle est votre tranche d'âge?
)

$q = $myJSONRPCClient->list_questions($sessionKey, $survey_id, null, "fr");
print("list_questions:\n");
print_r($q);

07829: not able to export pdf with Chinese character

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:05:53 +0200

not able to export pdf with Chinese character

07828: export_responses does not respect "lang" parameter

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:37:05 +0200

exporting full questions with remote control export_responses does not consider the "language" setting for the user questions, but only for the first "system" questions/tokens.

If I export the full questions (and not only code), the question labels are not that in the selected lang but that of the default survey language.... but for the few first (system) items that are indeed translated (completed, tokens...).

sample code & survey attached.

07827: Ampersand in End Url gets converted to & for non-admins

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:58:15 +0200

If I try to place an End Url like this:
http://www.blah.com/ddd.aspx?a=1&b=2 [^]

then if I'm logged in as a normal user, with just Create Survey privileges, it gets saved as this:
http://www.blah.com/ddd.aspx?a=1&b=2 [^]
(notice the & between 1 and b instead of &)

If I'm logged in as a full admin, it saves properly as this:
http://www.blah.com/ddd.aspx?a=1&b=2 [^]

07826: Pass-Through Variables do not work when automatic End URL loading set to off

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:59:25 +0200

It looks like pass-through variables don't get put into the End URL properly when automatic loading of the end URL is turned OFF. It works fine when turned on.

This forum post pretty much sums it up well:
http://www.limesurvey.org/en/forum/design-issues/92614-end-url-passthru-issueserrors-200-build130213#95855 [^]

I was able to reproduce this on demo.limesurvey.org current build (130428)

07824: Group randomisation and group relevance - buggy interaction.

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:36:10 +0200

I have a large survey which has multiple sections of randomised groups - within each section, some groups are relevant and should not be shown based on previous responses. the survey is presented in group by group format. The individual questions within each group do NOT have any additional relevance equations.

What happens is that occasionally a page is displayed showing just the header and navigation button - inspection of the dom shows that the group is on the page but the entire group is hidden with an inline display:none;
Pressing next fails because the questions are mandatory and so the participant cannot continue - leading to missing data.

I have not fully exampled the EM code - but looking at the dom - i see a possible cause:

And from the relevance fields:

and the step:

It seems that the on-page EM is is trying to control the visibility of a group which is not on the page ( because the group have been randomised ) - and consequently hides the only group on the page.

As a temporary workaround I'm inserting JS to reset the display property of the group - this doesn't seem to mess up the relevance as pages with irrelevant groups are never rendered to the client.

07822: Validation in list radio and list dropdown

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:05:10 +0200

Would be useful to validate the selected item based on another question.
I did with script, but it would be better if it coul be in the parameter like the numeric question.

07814: New feature: label set update after label set has changed

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:13:39 +0200

survey designer want to be able to reset/update all questions, that use a specific label set, if the label set has changed.

This is not easy, a question needs to remember which the label set has been applied and if it has changed.

07811: Expression manager: implement PHP-function strtotime

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:18:18 +0200

Calculating with dates/times in LS would be MUCH easier if the PHP function strtotime would be available for use in expression manager.

I propose to add this one by adding the following line in em_core_helper.php:

'strtotime' => array('strtotime', 'LEMstrtotime', $this->gT('Convert a date/time string to unix timestamp'), 'int strtotime(string)', 'http://www.php.net/manual/de/function.strtotime.php', [^] 1),

07810: date/time questions: Implement max/min date for calender

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:18:51 +0200

In the date/time question only maximum and minimum years can be set but not full dates.

My plan is to expand the date/time question so the maximum and minimum date can be set that a user is allowed to pick in the calender. I do not want to add extra fields to the advanced question attributes to prevent cluttering up the user interface.

How I plan to implement:
Expand the capabilities of the dropdown_dates_year_min/dropdown_dates_year_max fields so they can take full dates. In the code I also want to check whether only a year or a full date is entered and handle this appropriately. Thus, existing surveys (with only a year entered) will continue to work as they used to.

Files planned to change: qanda_helper.php (handling of dates), date.js (minor adjustments for parameters), common_helper.php (adjust caption and help), translation (maybe...)

I started to work in beta3 and it looks pretty straightforward.

DEVS: No experience with git etc, sorry. Would updated files or diffs be OK? Please advise on how to proceed. Thanks!

07809: ComfortUpdate blank page in step 3

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:01:53 +0200

ComfortUpdate shows a blank page in step 3 while trying to update from version 2.00+ 130317 to 2.00+ 130428.
No error output from php.
Used Filezilla 3.6.0.2

07805: Comparaison String and Numeric is different in same page and other page

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:18:30 +0200

When doing some comparaison in string and "strin can be numeric". EM don't return the same in same page and other page