[mythtv-commits] Ticket #8707: ASCII NULL (\0) in metadata can cause Live TV to fail and recordings to disappear from mythfrontend

[MythTV]

#8707: ASCII NULL (\0) in metadata can cause Live TV to fail and recordings to
disappear from mythfrontend
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 Reporter:  glemsom@…          |          Owner:  stuarta
     Type:  defect             |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  major              |      Milestone:  0.23-fixes
Component:  MythTV - EIT       |        Version:  0.23-fixes
 Severity:  medium             |     Resolution:  Fixed
 Keywords:  EPG eit \0         |  Ticket locked:  0
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Changes (by kenni):

 * status:  infoneeded => closed
 * resolution:   => Fixed
 * milestone:  0.24.1 => 0.23-fixes


Comment:

 Hopefully fixed in 0.23-fixes, 0.24-fixes and master. The fix does not
 clean up already broken data in the database, so existing NULL-chars will
 need to be deleted manually.

 Please remember to delete any custom SQL triggers to avoid future database
 problems when upgrading MythTV.

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Ticket URL: <http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/8707#comment:12>
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