Hi Mark,
Thanks for the module. This is something I was dealing with (although I'm not a programmer). Maybe you will find this interesting.

My questions:
1. Why is there a dependency on the 'Search' module?
2. I've enabled the the module and the view appears. I don't see anything under the tab, even when I enter a proper NID. Furthermore, when I edit the views, and try to change it I get:

* Node: Distinct must have a value!
* An illegal choice has been detected. Please contact the site administrator.
* An illegal choice has been detected. Please contact the site administrator.
* An illegal choice has been detected. Please contact the site administrator.

but Node: Distinct does have a value - "Distinct".
something is not working properly there...

Cheers,
Amitai

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mfb
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Backlinks module uses the search module's index to determine which nodes link to which nodes. Creating a separate backlinks index would be a big duplication of effort, when search module is already creating one.

To get results you should make sure you're running cron. You could also try re-indexing your site (under search module settings).

Can you give me the exact steps to reproduce the views errors?

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amitaibu
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Regarding the Node:Distinct error:

* Admin> Views
* Click 'Add' link on the "backlinks" view
* In the Edit view window click 'Save' - error appears

Here's my system info:

Drupal 5.1
Configuration file Protected
Cron maintenance tasks Last run 2 min 53 sec ago
You can run cron manually.
Database schema Up to date
File system Writable (public download method)
GD library bundled (2.0.34 compatible)
MySQL database 5.0.37
PHP 5.2.2
Unicode library PHP Mbstring Extension
Web server Apache/2.2.4 (Win32) PHP/5.2.2

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mfb
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I can't reproduce this issue. What versions of the views and views ui modules are you using?

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amitaibu
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Location Israel
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Views/ Views UI - 5.x-1.6-beta5

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webchuck commented

Verify that there have been no changes to the input format. I received this error then found that I had removed an input format and all the text areas didn't have a selected input format. Hope this is the problem!

Chuck

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mfb
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Status: Active » Fixed

"Node: Distinct must have a value!" seems to be fixed in the current dev version of backlinks with views 1.6.

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Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)