Get parent forum from Thread ID

**iPrank** · Mar 12th, 2007, 01:54 PM

Is it possible to get the parent forum from a thread ID ?

For example,
By seeing ID of this thread (Thread ID = 457322), can we say it is posted in Forum Feed back (Forum ID = 6) ?

Edit:
or any other way that doesn't need downloading whole page ?

**si_the_geek** · Mar 12th, 2007, 02:00 PM

Nope, there is no link between thread IDs and forums (thread IDs are sequential across the entire site).

Even if there was a link, you would only be able to tell where a thread was created, not where it currently is.

**iPrank** · Mar 12th, 2007, 02:05 PM

So, there is no other way ?
The rss feed gives only last few threads. So it is useless.

I'm planning to make a quick subscription maneger. (kinda like a rss reader)
So, to show the forum (group) if I need to download whole page (feed article), it is no good.

**RobDog888** · Mar 12th, 2007, 03:39 PM

Well it is included in a field I would have to say as the NewPosts link does show the new threads and what forum they are in. Can you use that page?

**iPrank** · Mar 12th, 2007, 04:11 PM

No.

The NewPost page will not work. It is not be able to show your old subscribed threads.

The subscription page doesn't show the forums,
and there is no way to search for your subscribed threads.

Isn't there any way to search the database with some options like
query=&searchuser=iprank&subscribedonly=true or something ?

**RobDog888** · Mar 12th, 2007, 04:29 PM

What do you mean you cant search for your subscribed thread? Let me post yours....

iPrank Member Search

Search for all iPranks posts

Subscribed threads

New Posts

**iPrank** · Mar 12th, 2007, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by RobDog888

What do you mean you cant search for your subscribed thread? Let me post yours....

iPrank Member Search

Search for all iPranks posts

New Posts

No..no..not like that.

That only gives you threads where I've posted. You can't get a list of my subscribed threads (posted or not posted) - atleast as a normal member.

For example I'm subscribed to this thread, but you'll not get it in search result.

Subscribed threads

This page doesn't show forums.

**RobDog888** · Mar 12th, 2007, 05:44 PM

Correct because if you execute the link you get the SearchID which is a temporary id number and gets destroyed. You could execute the link in code each time the reader reads.

In post #5 you were asking about getting subscribed threads.

**penagate** · Mar 12th, 2007, 11:28 PM

http://vbforums.com/forumdisplay.php?t=457322

**RobDog888** · Mar 12th, 2007, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by penagate

http://vbforums.com/forumdisplay.php?t=457322

That just links to this thread.

**penagate** · Mar 12th, 2007, 11:50 PM

No it opens the forum in which the thread is contained.

... but you still need to download the whole page.

**iPrank** · Mar 13th, 2007, 12:02 AM

Thanks Pena !
Not exactly what I want, but still it will reduce downloading if I download the page in chunks. The forum name is the first keywod.

Classic VB:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: FORUMDISPLAY -->

<html dir="ltr" lang="en">
<head>
<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: headinclude -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 3.5.7" />

	
<meta name="keywords" content="Classic Visual Basic, Visual Basic,.NET,programming,C#,CSharp,Microsoft,discussion,bulletin board" />
<meta name="description" content="This forum is for all your Visual Basic (versions 3, 4, 5, &amp; 6) coding questions that do not fit into one of the more specific forums below." />

Forum Feedback:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: FORUMDISPLAY -->

<html dir="ltr" lang="en">
<head>
<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: headinclude -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 3.5.7" />

	
<meta name="keywords" content="Forum Feedback, Visual Basic,.NET,programming,C#,CSharp,Microsoft,discussion,bulletin board" />
<meta name="description" content="Drop in here to constructively air your views on what's right and what's wrong with VB-Forums. This forum will also be used to provide general feedback to you." />

**RobDog888** · Mar 13th, 2007, 12:12 AM

Sorry, meant forum.

So you are going to link to all forums?

**iPrank** · Mar 13th, 2007, 12:41 AM

Originally Posted by RobDog888

Sorry, meant forum.

So you are going to link to all forums?

Sorry I don't understand.

My idea is something like this.

1. Get Subscribed threads ID from subscription.php page.
2. Get forums of subscribed threads and sort accortingly.

**iPrank** · Apr 26th, 2007, 09:51 PM

Why the keywords (first keyword is forum name) mentioned in Post#12 is not available in some forums - like General Developer, API etc ?
In those forums, first keyword is thread title.

API:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: SHOWTHREAD -->

<html dir="ltr" lang="en">
<head>
	<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: headinclude -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 3.5.7" />

<meta name="keywords" content="Problem while dragging a transparent RichTextBox, Visual Basic,.NET,programming,C#,CSharp,Microsoft,discussion,bulletin board" />
<meta name="description" content="Problem while dragging a transparent RichTextBox API" />

General Developer:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: SHOWTHREAD -->

<html dir="ltr" lang="en">
<head>
	<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: headinclude -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 3.5.7" />

<meta name="keywords" content="Making a Database, Visual Basic,.NET,programming,C#,CSharp,Microsoft,discussion,bulletin board" />
<meta name="description" content="Making a Database General Developer Forum" />

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