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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-64958

\gradeimport_csv_load_data::check_user_exists() can unreliably fetch another user's ID

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Minor
    • 3.5.6, 3.6.4
    • 3.5.4, 3.6.2
    • Gradebook
    • MOODLE_35_STABLE, MOODLE_36_STABLE
    • MOODLE_35_STABLE, MOODLE_36_STABLE
    • MDL-64958-master
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      1. Create students s1 and s2. Give them the same ID number.
      2. Enrol them in a course with some activities (e.g. assignment)
      3. Go to the course homepage.
      4. Navigate to "Grades / Grade administration / Grader report"
      5. Click on the Export tab.
      6. Under the Export tab, click on the Plain text file tab.
      7. Click Download.
      8. Open the downloaded CSV file using a text editor and set a grade for s2's assignment. Save the edited CSV file.
      9. Back on the browser, click on the Import tab.
      10. Drag and drop the CSV file to the File picker.
      11. Click "Upload grades"
      12. Under "Identify user by", set the following:
        Map from ID number
        Map to ID number
      13. Under "Grade item mappings", map the assignment accordingly.
      14. Click Upload grades.
      15. Confirm that you get an error that multiple users were found.
      16. Confirm that the import fails.
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      Create students s1 and s2. Give them the same ID number. Enrol them in a course with some activities (e.g. assignment) Go to the course homepage. Navigate to " Grades / Grade administration / Grader report " Click on the Export tab. Under the Export tab, click on the Plain text file tab. Click Download. Open the downloaded CSV file using a text editor and set a grade for s2's assignment. Save the edited CSV file. Back on the browser, click on the Import tab. Drag and drop the CSV file to the File picker. Click " Upload grades " Under " Identify user by ", set the following: Map from ID number Map to ID number Under " Grade item mappings ", map the assignment accordingly. Click Upload grades. Confirm that you get an error that multiple users were found. Confirm that the import fails.

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      Since email and idnumber are not unique fields, there's a chance that multiple user records will be matched when querying for user data using these fields in \gradeimport_csv_load_data::check_user_exists(). This can lead to a different user's grades being inadvertently modified during grade import.

      In such a case, this function needs to return a null userid instead.

      I was able to reproduce this problem by having 2 users have the same email address (with $CFG->allowaccountssameemail turned on). I uploaded using the email field mapping, and only got one user being updated even when the update should have been for the other user.

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              jpataleta Jun Pataleta
              jpataleta Jun Pataleta
              Victor Déniz Falcón Victor Déniz Falcón
              Adrian Greeve Adrian Greeve
              Anna Carissa Sadia Anna Carissa Sadia
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                13/May/19

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