https://www.icyphoenix.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=3937&p=26704#p26704
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hal9000
Sun 23 Mar, 2008 15:35

Unable To Edit Group Permissions With Too Many Forums.
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Well I used this subject for this thread because it was on "group permissions" (simple mode) where I detected it, but I think it may appear on other sections too. I think it may be related to the amount of data -or at least the amount of fields- that can be transferred from a form using the post method.

To check it I did the following, starting with an totally empty forum:

1) create a [b]"category 1"[/b] category (I think this may be optional)
2) create 196 forums inside, I named them [b]"forum 001"[/b] to [b]"forum 196"[/b], all of them have the "default" set of permissions
3) go to "groups"/"manage groups" and enter the permissions form or any of them or create a group just for the test and enter its permissions form
4) change some of the "not moderator" to "is moderator"
5) go to the bottom of the form and click "submit"
6) you'll be redirected again to the same permissions form, instead of get the "permissions have been updated" notification, and of course the permissions haven't been changed at all
7) go to forums management and delete the [b]"forum 196"[/b] forum
8 ) repeat the steps 3, 4 and 5; this time you'll get the notification and the permissions will be changed

Why I think it's a problem with the amount of data or the amount of fields? Because in the real forum I'm setting up, I have 184 forums at this moment, 11 of them have the "private" set of permissions, so in the "group permissions control" I have 184 "moderator" fields plus 11 "access" fields, 195 in total, and when I create another forum (not private) the problem happens (185+11=196) and it happens too if I change another of the existing forums to private (184+12=196).


