How to access or reestablish a removed solution
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I recently saw a solution to a mathematical problem that on first sight appeared to provide a totally unrelated algorithm, and commented on it to that end. The author responded, and when I went back to check the algorithm more closely, I've found that it actually does what the OP was asking for - just in a different context than I expected. I realized the OP wasn't clear about that context, and I, as well as everyone else providing a solution, may have been mistaken. In fact, this solution may be the only correct one. The author responded again today, but when I went back to the topic, I found the solution gone! While I still don't know whether or not that solution was correct as the author of the question so far hasn't commented on any of the solutions, or my inquiry about the correct context, I wonder if it's possible to bring back a solution that was removed, or at least view it. Or is it gone for good? P.S.: I'm referring to Solution 1 in response to I need a simple and working algorithm for finding out the squareroot of a number (preferably a 4 digit number)[^]
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I recently saw a solution to a mathematical problem that on first sight appeared to provide a totally unrelated algorithm, and commented on it to that end. The author responded, and when I went back to check the algorithm more closely, I've found that it actually does what the OP was asking for - just in a different context than I expected. I realized the OP wasn't clear about that context, and I, as well as everyone else providing a solution, may have been mistaken. In fact, this solution may be the only correct one. The author responded again today, but when I went back to the topic, I found the solution gone! While I still don't know whether or not that solution was correct as the author of the question so far hasn't commented on any of the solutions, or my inquiry about the correct context, I wonder if it's possible to bring back a solution that was removed, or at least view it. Or is it gone for good? P.S.: I'm referring to Solution 1 in response to I need a simple and working algorithm for finding out the squareroot of a number (preferably a 4 digit number)[^]
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Yes. I still don't know whether the answer is good (for the OP) or not, but how did you retrieve it?
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Yes. I still don't know whether the answer is good (for the OP) or not, but how did you retrieve it?
It can be tricky, but you can access them through the 'ListVersions' URL - all you need is the ID of the post. I caught a bit of a break because the ID of the Question is 627452 and the ID of Solution 2 is 627461, so all I had to do was try to load a few posts with ID between those. This lead me to: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ListVersions.aspx?aid=627457[^] I then clicked 'current' in the revision table, which is the link I posted in my first reply. I don't know how Chris feels about making this information available, so don't be surprised if I remove this post. On the other hand, it's all something you can figure out on your own by finding an answer in QA that has been modified and clicking the version link at the bottom (such as the 'v2' link at the bottom of Solution 4 for that Question). Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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It can be tricky, but you can access them through the 'ListVersions' URL - all you need is the ID of the post. I caught a bit of a break because the ID of the Question is 627452 and the ID of Solution 2 is 627461, so all I had to do was try to load a few posts with ID between those. This lead me to: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ListVersions.aspx?aid=627457[^] I then clicked 'current' in the revision table, which is the link I posted in my first reply. I don't know how Chris feels about making this information available, so don't be surprised if I remove this post. On the other hand, it's all something you can figure out on your own by finding an answer in QA that has been modified and clicking the version link at the bottom (such as the 'v2' link at the bottom of Solution 4 for that Question). Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
SoMad wrote:
I don't know how Chris feels about making this information available
Flattered that you took the time to spelunk.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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SoMad wrote:
I don't know how Chris feels about making this information available
Flattered that you took the time to spelunk.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP