[NUUG fiksgatami] send-alert cron job complain with "No Area matches the given query." (Was: Service announced, and strange error from the send-alert cron job)

[Matthew Somerville]

On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 02:27:09PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> my $va_info = mySociety::MaPit::get_voting_area_info($row->{alert_parameter});

> 'alert_parameter' => '12',

> No Area matches the given query.#

alert_parameter is set to 12, and http://mapit.nuug.no/area/12.html
exists fine, hmm. <time passes> Okay, so get_voting_area_info (an
old-MaPit call) assumes a two digit number given to it is a UK ONS code
to be looked up, not a primary ID. :-/ I've switched it to use the new
MaPit area call, which doesn't have that edge case, so this should now
be fixed. Sorry about that.

ATB,
Matthew