0016420: Editing user preferences when no project exists triggers application error 20

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0016420	mantisbt	preferences	public	2013-09-28 12:30	2014-02-07 18:24

Reporter	dregad	Assigned To	dregad
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	1.2.15
Target Version	1.2.16	Fixed in Version	1.2.16

Summary	0016420: Editing user preferences when no project exists triggers application error 20
Description	It is not possible to update a user's preferences (via My Account / Preferences) when no projects exists (e.g. right after installation). Mantis triggers APPLICATION ERROR 200: A required parameter to this page (default_project) was not found.
Steps To Reproduce	Steps to reproduce install Mantis login with default administrator account Go to My Account / Preferences Notice the default project list is empty since we haven't created a project yet Click Update Prefs
Additional Information	Issue initially submitted as Pull Request on Github [1] [1] https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/pull/89
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grangeway 2013-09-28 19:00 reporter ~0038129	It should be possible to select "ALL PROJECTS" even if there is only one project. This allows the user to default ALL PROJECTS when future projects are added.

vboctor 2013-09-28 19:08 manager ~0038130	Is there a reason for not always including ALL_PROJECTS? This is a valid default value which provides the user with the view of all issues on login, rather than selecting a specific project.

dregad 2013-09-28 19:27 developer ~0038131 Last edited: 2013-09-28 19:28	@vboctor, yes there is, see 0009826 @grangeway, if you don't agree with a fix, instead of reverting people's changes maybe you should try discussing with them first, and propose a better solution.

MantisBT: master-1.2.x 26831ea0 2013-09-28 08:32 dregad Details Diff	Editing user prefs when no project exists triggers error It was not possible to update a user's preferences when no projects exists (e.g. right after installation), Mantis triggered application error 20. We now omit 'All projects' from the default project selection list only when the project count is 1. Fixes 0016420	Affected Issues 0016420
	mod - account_prefs_inc.php	Diff File
MantisBT: master e60809f7 2013-09-28 08:32 dregad Details Diff	Editing user prefs when no project exists triggers error It was not possible to update a user's preferences when no projects exists (e.g. right after installation), Mantis triggered application error 20. We now omit 'All projects' from the default project selection list only when the project count is 1. Fixes 0016420	Affected Issues 0016420
	mod - account_prefs_inc.php	Diff File