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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-17229 Shortanswer questiontype refactoring
  3. MDL-17812

Get rid of "answers" field in "question_shortanswer" table

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    • Sub-task
    • Status: Closed
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 1.9.3
    • 2.5
    • Questions
    • None
    • MOODLE_19_STABLE
    • MOODLE_25_STABLE
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      You need to test all aspects of shortanswer questions, and multianswer questions that contain shortanswer sub-questions.

      Before upgrading, or with Moodle 2.4, please first:

      1. Export shortanswer questions as GIFT and Moodle XML
      2. Backup and restore a course with shortanswer questions

      Run upgrade to master.

      1. Preview the shortanswer question you created earlier
      2. Edit/Delete the shortanswer question you created earlier
      3. Create, edit and delete a new shortanswer question
      4. Import the GIFT and Moodle XML questions you created earlier
      5. Verify the imported questions
      6. Restore the short answer questions course you created earlier
      7. Verify the imported questions
      8. Export shortanswer questions as GIFT and Moodle XML, and re-import and check that all the options are correctly preserved.
      9. Backup and restore a course with shortanswer questions, and check that all the settings are correctly preserved.
      10. Create edit and delete multianswer questions containing short-answer subquestions.
      11. Preivew those multianswer questions.
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      You need to test all aspects of shortanswer questions, and multianswer questions that contain shortanswer sub-questions. Before upgrading, or with Moodle 2.4, please first: Export shortanswer questions as GIFT and Moodle XML Backup and restore a course with shortanswer questions Run upgrade to master. Preview the shortanswer question you created earlier Edit/Delete the shortanswer question you created earlier Create, edit and delete a new shortanswer question Import the GIFT and Moodle XML questions you created earlier Verify the imported questions Restore the short answer questions course you created earlier Verify the imported questions Export shortanswer questions as GIFT and Moodle XML, and re-import and check that all the options are correctly preserved. Backup and restore a course with shortanswer questions, and check that all the settings are correctly preserved. Create edit and delete multianswer questions containing short-answer subquestions. Preivew those multianswer questions.

    Description

      The field is obsolete, and quite bothersome when restoring, but we need to make sure we not breaking anything.

      Changes to 2.0 only probably OK, thought maybe in 1.9 we can drop filling this field without actual deleting it from db.

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          caused a regression

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-40370 Upgrade to Moodle 2.5 breaks if question_shortanswer table contains duplicate rows

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed
          has been marked as being related by

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-16464 Remove unnecessary question_multichoice.answers field that limits the number of choices

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Closed

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-37600 Update qtype_match tables to match the coding guidelines

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed
          is duplicated by

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-13470 Not all answers' IDs saved for short answer questions

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-37581 restoring a course displays error : Data too long for column 'answers' at row 1

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed

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              timhunt Tim Hunt
              oa_sychev Oleg Sychev
              Dan Poltawski Dan Poltawski
              Ankit Agarwal Ankit Agarwal
              Safat Shahin, Tim Hunt, Ilya Tregubov, Kevin Percy, Mathew May, Mihail Geshoski, Shamim Rezaie
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                Updated:
                Resolved:
                14/May/13