Re: Checker for GC5JZRK gives an error

I ran the checker for GC5JZRK and got the error message “Caught exception” with an error log “[string ""]:81: table index is nil”. I’m throwing this out there in case someone has time and can take a look and do some troubleshooting.

Note: this is not my hide, I was just curious to see how close I am to qualifying.

This occurs because of the new "Delete my account" feature of Geocaching.com, which allows players to delete their account.

If a cache owner uses this functionality, all of their owned caches become owned by the [DELETED_USER] player (which internally is just "null" or "0"). This causes problems for scripts that (reasonably) assume that every cache will have an owner.

I have e-mailed the script author; I will let you know if/when they fix this issue.

Hi Double_Helix,

Hügh has notified me that the script is faulty when no owner name can be retrieved. I modified the script and tested it with your user name. Result: you qualify :-)

Cheers,
Hampf

Thank you both for the quick response!