drbean

course_module id from activity id

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How to get the id in the {course_modules} table from eg, the id in the {quiz} table (called 'instance' in {course_modules})? Usage is quite high, I think. For example activity-add...

commands to create groups, groupings, add members

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I am taking a principled, ie programmed, approach to groups, and although the moodle GUI is OK for deleting them, it's impossible for creating them and adding members (it's too...

Custom cygwin package

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After much trial and error, I think I have an App-perlbrew custom cygwin package which I can not recommend, but at least show, as proof that it can be done....

I suggested to the cygwin perl maintainer that they package 'cpanm' to make it easier to set up perlbrew on cygwin. They thought having a cpanm package wasn't a good...

Initial '@' in --title '@string' causes search for file 'string'

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$ easyblogger post -t '@[email protected]' -c 'AI death of Internet' usage: easyblogger [-h] [-i CLIENTID] [-s SECRET] [-v {INFO,DEBUG,WARNING,ERROR,CRITICAL}] [--blogid BLOGID | --url URL] {listblogs,get,post,delete,update,file} ... easyblogger: error: [Errno 2]...