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theandygrant This is the foul fiend Flibbertigibbet
Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 1264 Location: The Lethargic Dodecahedron
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Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 12:04 am Post subject: previous guesses |
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is there any facility to see what guesses I've already tried for a question?
Perhaps the number-of-guesses figure on the stats page could be a link that would then list what you've entered?
Just a thought, but it'd be dead handy (no pun intended) for the one I'm on at the moment where I know what sort of thing I need, just not what the precise word is.
Seeing as the guesses are stored in the database anyway, could this go on the wish list? |
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Stretham Forum Hardass
Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 24857 Location: Here, there, somewhere, everywhere
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Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:51 am Post subject: Re: previous guesses |
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theandygrant wrote: | is there any facility to see what guesses I've already tried for a question?
Perhaps the number-of-guesses figure on the stats page could be a link that would then list what you've entered?
Just a thought, but it'd be dead handy (no pun intended) for the one I'm on at the moment where I know what sort of thing I need, just not what the precise word is.
Seeing as the guesses are stored in the database anyway, could this go on the wish list? |
It's a good idea, but one that alas we can't do. The reason for this is that we compress the database every day by removing certain information, and one the things that goes is the link between answer and person who entered it. We still retain the number of times a particular answer has been tried, but there would be no way of telling whose it was.
If we didn't do that compression then the database would be much bigger and slower to search. (It's already slower than we would like, but we're looking into a way of reducing time taken for stats to display.)
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Scoots Thy mother's name is ominous to children
Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 35 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 10:31 am Post subject: Re: previous guesses |
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Stretham wrote: | we compress the database every day by removing certain information, and one the things that goes is the link between answer and person who entered it. We still retain the number of times a particular answer has been tried, but there would be no way of telling whose it was.
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Can I just say - I'm greatly relieved to hear that! |
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jojo the joyful O ho monster
Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 11 Location: Germany
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 5:45 pm Post subject: Re: previous guesses |
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theandygrant wrote: | is there any facility to see what guesses I've already tried for a question?
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On my PC everytime I enter an answer I have a list of similarly spelt words appear under the box. This tells me if I entered that answer before but not for that particular question.
BTW is there a way I can empty my cache? I have entered so many wrong answers over the last 62 Q's it may well prove useful if I ever pass off my current prob _________________ I am not a dumb blond, my hair is dyed. I am just dumb. |
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