use empty string instead of 0 for pruned ips

eliminate a WriteRune call in BuildAlertSb

common/alerts.go

@@ -271,8 +271,7 @@ func BuildAlertSb(sb *strings.Builder, a *Alert, user User /* The current user *
 		return errors.New(phrases.GetErrorPhrase("alerts_invalid_elementtype"))
 	}
 
-	sb.WriteString(`{"msg":"`)
+	sb.WriteString(`{"msg":".`)
-	sb.WriteRune('.')
 	sb.WriteString(a.ElementType)
 	if own {
 		sb.WriteString("_own_")
@@ -299,6 +298,8 @@ func BuildAlertSb(sb *strings.Builder, a *Alert, user User /* The current user *
 	return nil
 }
 
+//var AlertsGrowHint3 = len(`{"msg":"._","sub":["",""],"path":"","avatar":"","id":}`) + 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1
+
 func AddActivityAndNotifyAll(a Alert) error {
 	id, err := Activity.Add(a)
 	if err != nil {

common/topic.go

@@ -670,12 +670,12 @@ func (t *TopicUser) Replies(offset, pFrag int, user *User) (rlist []*ReplyUser,
 		}
 
 		// TODO: This doesn't work properly so pick the first one instead?
-		if r.ID == pFrag {
+		/*if r.ID == pFrag {
 			ogdesc = r.Content
 			if len(ogdesc) > 200 {
 				ogdesc = ogdesc[:197] + "..."
 			}
-		}
+		}*/
 
 		if r.LikeCount > 0 && user.Liked > 0 {
 			likedMap[r.ID] = len(rlist)
@@ -722,8 +722,7 @@ func (t *TopicUser) Replies(offset, pFrag int, user *User) (rlist []*ReplyUser,
 				return nil, "", err
 			}
 		}
-		err = rows.Err()
+		if err = rows.Err(); err != nil {
-		if err != nil {
 			return nil, "", err
 		}
 	}

routes/topic.go

@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ func ViewTopic(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, user c.User, header *c.He
 	header.Title = topic.Title
 	header.Path = c.BuildTopicURL(c.NameToSlug(topic.Title), topic.ID)
 
+	postGroup, err := c.Groups.Get(topic.Group)
+	if err != nil {
+		return c.InternalError(err, w, r)
+	}
+
 	topic.ContentLines = strings.Count(topic.Content, "\n")
 	if len(topic.Content) > 200 {
 		header.OGDesc = topic.Content[:197] + "..."
@@ -76,11 +81,6 @@ func ViewTopic(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, user c.User, header *c.He
 		header.OGDesc = topic.Content
 	}
 
-	postGroup, err := c.Groups.Get(topic.Group)
-	if err != nil {
-		return c.InternalError(err, w, r)
-	}
-
 	var parseSettings *c.ParseSettings
 	if !postGroup.Perms.AutoEmbed && (user.ParseSettings == nil || !user.ParseSettings.NoEmbed) {
 		parseSettings = c.DefaultParseSettings.CopyPtr()

tickloop.go

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func dailies() {
 
 	if c.Config.DisablePostIP {
 		f := func(tbl string) {
-			_, err := qgen.NewAcc().Update(tbl).Set("ip='0'").Where("ip!='0'").Exec()
+			_, err := qgen.NewAcc().Update(tbl).Set("ip=''").Where("ip!=''").Exec()
 			if err != nil {
 				c.LogError(err)
 			}
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func dailies() {
 	} else if c.Config.PostIPCutoff > -1 {
 		// TODO: Use unixtime to remove this MySQLesque logic?
 		f := func(tbl string) {
-			_, err := qgen.NewAcc().Update(tbl).Set("ip='0'").DateOlderThan("createdAt", c.Config.PostIPCutoff, "day").Where("ip!='0'").Exec()
+			_, err := qgen.NewAcc().Update(tbl).Set("ip=''").DateOlderThan("createdAt", c.Config.PostIPCutoff, "day").Where("ip!=''").Exec()
 			if err != nil {
 				c.LogError(err)
 			}
@@ -211,13 +211,13 @@ func dailies() {
 	}
 
 	if c.Config.DisablePollIP {
-		_, err := qgen.NewAcc().Update("polls_votes").Set("ip='0'").Where("ip!='0'").Exec()
+		_, err := qgen.NewAcc().Update("polls_votes").Set("ip=''").Where("ip!=''").Exec()
 		if err != nil {
 			c.LogError(err)
 		}
 	} else if c.Config.PollIPCutoff > -1 {
 		// TODO: Use unixtime to remove this MySQLesque logic?
-		_, err := qgen.NewAcc().Update("polls_votes").Set("ip='0'").DateOlderThan("castAt", c.Config.PollIPCutoff, "day").Where("ip!='0'").Exec()
+		_, err := qgen.NewAcc().Update("polls_votes").Set("ip=''").DateOlderThan("castAt", c.Config.PollIPCutoff, "day").Where("ip!=''").Exec()
 		if err != nil {
 			c.LogError(err)
 		}
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func dailies() {
 
 	// TODO: lastActiveAt isn't currently set, so we can't rely on this to purge last_ips of users who haven't been on in a while
 	if c.Config.DisableLastIP {
-		_, err := qgen.NewAcc().Update("users").Set("last_ip=0").Where("last_ip!=0").Exec()
+		_, err := qgen.NewAcc().Update("users").Set("last_ip=''").Where("last_ip!=''").Exec()
 		if err != nil {
 			c.LogError(err)
 		}
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func dailies() {
 			c.LogError(err)
 		}*/
 		mon := time.Now().Month()
-		_, err := qgen.NewAcc().Update("users").Set("last_ip=0").Where("last_ip!='0' AND last_ip NOT LIKE '" + strconv.Itoa(int(mon)) + "-%'").Exec()
+		_, err := qgen.NewAcc().Update("users").Set("last_ip=''").Where("last_ip!='' AND last_ip NOT LIKE '" + strconv.Itoa(int(mon)) + "-%'").Exec()
 		if err != nil {
 			c.LogError(err)
 		}