CAPTCHA

Dinoboff

CAPTCHA

scherem

Getting this error when I install it:
Error Message
Could not Add the CaptchaDisableDescription field to the User table
Affected Elements
CAPTCHA Installer.undefined();
The error occurred on or near: Duplicate column name 'CaptchaDisableDescription'

Any insight would be appreciated.

Dinoboff

For some reason, it try to reinstall some column in the DB, but they are already there. You just need to drop them (with phpmyadmin) and try again.

Wanderer

Does "dropping" simply empty these tables or does it remove them altogether?

Posted: Monday, 4 June 2007 at 8:41AM

scherem

Well it took a couple of try's, but the extension is enabled and the DB entry is their-- but I'm not seeing the captcha when I attempt to test it.

Wanderer, 'dropping' drops tables, truncate empties.

Wanderer

Same question, I know 'dropping' 'drops' the table, does 'dropping' delete the table?
So I guess I'm asking what is the definition of 'drop'?

Posted: Monday, 4 June 2007 at 12:52PM

WallPhone

Yes, dropping deletes. As in completely remove. Truncate is essentially the same as "DELETE * FROM table WHERE id > 0".

chrizz

eh...sorry...
I'm dealing with the same problem but I can't find any column which is named like the mentioned above... so I can't delete anything but the problem is still the same...

perhaps someone could give me a hint.

Dinoboff

It is in the user table. The column to delete is "CaptchaDisableDescription".

chrizz

sorry for that, but there is no column "CaptchaDisableDescription"...

Dinoboff

What is your error message?

chrizz

as soon the extension is activated i get this error:

A fatal, non-recoverable error has occurred
Technical information (for support personel):

Error Message
Could not Add the CaptchaDisableDescription field to the User table
Affected Elements
CAPTCHA Installer.undefined();

The error occurred on or near: Duplicate column name 'CaptchaDisableDescription'

For additional support documentation, visit the Lussumo Documentation website at: lussumo.com/docs

Dinoboff

Just add in /path/to/vanilla/conf/settings.php:$Configuration['CAPTCHA_VERSION'] = '0.2.0';

fysicsluvr

there should be a feature that allows the applicant to refresh the captcha if it's too obfuscated to read.

Hamed

yeah that would be a really good idea

fysicsluvr

because if they get to that part of the application form and realize they can't read it, they would have to refresh the page and re-enter what they had in the previous fields.

EDIT:

you could also limit it to 3 refreshes or so.

Wanderer

Nothing worse than a CAPTCHA picture that's difficult to read, lots of O and 0 characters as well as I and l which make the visitor work too hard just to post a comment, not to mention ugly and annoying artefacts covering parts of the text.
I made my own JavaScript version which works so ridiculously simple plus I control what the images look like.

fysicsluvr

for Vanilla?? upload it man!

I looked at your profile to be sure you aren't a woman ;-)

Wanderer

It's already there, Minisweeper helped me put it together...

Guest Post

It's very basic but it's easy to pretty it up using CSS.

fysicsluvr

Hey, I had this working, and then it stopped working as soon as I disabled anonymous users from browsing the forum. It just says "Visual CAPTCHA." Every now and then, the CAPTCHA flickers, then goes back to "Visual CAPTCHA." It was working fine until I changed the setting. Any ideas?

Wanderer

Mate, turn the extension off!

If unregistered users are not allowed, there's no need for this extension.