Details
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Type:
Improvement
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Status: Waiting for integration review
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Priority:
Minor
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Affects Version/s: 3.7.6, 3.8.4, 3.9.1
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Fix Version/s: None
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Component/s: User management, Web Services
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Labels:
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Testing Instructions:
Requires the admin to have a web service set up for users updating
1) Create user1 with email foo@bar.com;
2) Create user2 with email pee@wee.com;
3) Enable web services and configure a third user with proper permissions (problem occurs even if this user is a site administrator);
4) Call WS function core_user_update_users() to change user2's email to foo@bar.com.
5) Make sure the function now returns an array of warnings, the array contains the item with a 'duplicate email' message for user2 and his id.Requires the admin to have a web service set up for users updating 1) Create user1 with email foo@bar.com; 2) Create user2 with email pee@wee.com; 3) Enable web services and configure a third user with proper permissions (problem occurs even if this user is a site administrator); 4) Call WS function core_user_update_users() to change user2's email to foo@bar.com. 5) Make sure the function now returns an array of warnings, the array contains the item with a 'duplicate email' message for user2 and his id. -
Affected Branches:MOODLE_37_STABLE, MOODLE_38_STABLE, MOODLE_39_STABLE
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Pull from Repository:
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Pull 3.11 Branch:MOODLE_311_STABLE_MDL-69194-core_user_update_users
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Pull Master Branch:master_MDL-69194-core_user_update_users
Description
WS function core_user_update_users() fails to update a user's email attribute when the new email is already assigned to another user. I understand this is the default behaviour for a brand new Moodle instance, but the problem is, it doesn't return any error message or exception. I can successfully update other attributes such as firstname and password, so I believe it's not an issue with permissions or my programming.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Create user1 with email foo@bar.com;
2) Create user2 with email pee@wee.com;
3) Enable web services and configure a third user with proper permissions (problem occurs even if this user is a site administrator);
4) Call WS function core_user_update_users() to change user2's email to foo@bar.com.
What I expected:
User2's email is not changed and WS call returns an error like "duplicate email" or "invalid parameter".
What actually happens:
User2's email is not changed and WS call returns nothing.
