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## [Unable to connect to Kaiser-Raman OPC UA server using opc ua node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-connect-to-kaiser-raman-opc-ua-server-using-opc-ua-node/32713)

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**Author:** [@Shakti060](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Shakti060)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 19:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-connect-to-kaiser-raman-opc-ua-server-using-opc-ua-node/32713 "2020-09-10T19:59:15Z")

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Hi, I am trying to connect to an OPCUA-server using Basic256/Basic128Rsa15 security policy using Node-Red's inbuilt certificates and key. My flow works perfectly fine when working on a simulation server I've created usin…

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## [Announce node-red-contrib-http-logger](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-http-logger/4178)

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**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 19:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-http-logger/4178 "2020-09-10T19:49:31Z")

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\[EDIT 22/10/2018: the title has been changed to node-red-contrib-http-logger, since we agreed in the discussion below that node-red-contrib-http-listener would be confusing ... Hi folks, From time to time we get ques…

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## [🎉 Node-RED 1.1.3 released](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-1-1-3-released/31186)

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**Author:** [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 19:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-1-1-3-released/31186 "2020-09-10T19:15:54Z")

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Node-RED 1.1.3 has been released. This maintenance release improves some of the ways you can edit and work with groups in the editor: Fixes an issue with copy/pasting of groups containing nested groups When editing a …

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## [A bug when creating categories using PUT: flow/global](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-bug-when-creating-categories-using-put-flow-global/32702)

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**Author:** [@gioza](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gioza)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 16:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-bug-when-creating-categories-using-put-flow-global/32702 "2020-09-10T16:13:29Z")

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The palette is bugged when creating categories in this format: string + numeric (e.g. category name 1-1-1, or category name 1\_1\_1, or category name111) For example, this is my request payload (category "test scenario1-…

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## [Mustache template and iterating over an array of objects](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mustache-template-and-iterating-over-an-array-of-objects/32694)

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**Author:** [@efratha94](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/efratha94)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 16:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mustache-template-and-iterating-over-an-array-of-objects/32694 "2020-09-10T16:05:55Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to iterate over an array of JSON objects, with the template node and mustache templates (because I need to parse it to XML eventually). For some reason though the keys return empty, and that I don't get …

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## [Message Properties](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/message-properties/32692)

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**Author:** [@Rumei](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Rumei)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 15:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/message-properties/32692 "2020-09-10T15:44:22Z")

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Hello community, I have been working on a project of a my friend. There are several occurings of msg.from and msg.to, but I cannot find it when logging the msg(Json-object). The msg has only been changed/created by a ht…

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## [Bcrypt update from 3.0.6 to 5.0.0](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bcrypt-update-from-3-0-6-to-5-0-0/32693)

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**Author:** [@kemaric](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kemaric)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 14:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bcrypt-update-from-3-0-6-to-5-0-0/32693 "2020-09-10T14:51:03Z")

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When using node-red in my project, I get flagged on a vulnerability with Bcrypt within the node-red admin module. The suggested action is to upgrade bcrypt to 5.0.0. Is there a reason why this hasn't been done? Can a Pul…

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## [Issue creating a project in node red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issue-creating-a-project-in-node-red/19158)

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**Author:** [@vks007](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/vks007)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 14:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issue-creating-a-project-in-node-red/19158 "2020-09-10T14:35:44Z")

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I need some help in creating a project on node red. I am using the node red add on on hassio and was using a project by the name "raspi\_x15\_nodered" earlier. I migrated to another pi at which point I lost the ssh keys an…

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## [Changing state of input\_number in Function Node - is it possible? - Revisited](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/changing-state-of-input-number-in-function-node-is-it-possible-revisited/32686)

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**Author:** [@Boja](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Boja)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 13:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/changing-state-of-input-number-in-function-node-is-it-possible-revisited/32686 "2020-09-10T13:33:12Z")

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I had a post up about this "problem" a month ago, and thought it was solved. It turns out that there is still problems. I'm doing this in a Function Node: var ha = global.get('homeassistant'); ha.homeAssistant.sta…

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## [How to calulate length of msg.id](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-calulate-length-of-msg-id/32684)

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**Author:** [@shipra](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/shipra)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 13:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-calulate-length-of-msg-id/32684 "2020-09-10T13:11:42Z")

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How to calculate length of msg.id .I want to differentiate between fob id and tag is which are of different sizes .please suggest?

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## [Can I get information about the connected nodes?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-i-get-information-about-the-connected-nodes/30921)

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**Author:** [@martin\_mpa](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/martin_mpa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 12:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-i-get-information-about-the-connected-nodes/30921 "2020-09-10T12:24:37Z")

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Hello, everyone, I'm still pretty new to the topic Node-RED and especially custom nodes. At the moment I have a specific question, which I haven't found an answer to in the documentation yet and I'm asking for help: Ca…

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## [How to send a Break signal ( serial-node)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-send-a-break-signal-serial-node/32678)

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**Author:** [@alex25](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/alex25)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 10:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-send-a-break-signal-serial-node/32678 "2020-09-10T10:41:17Z")

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Hello All, I'm new with Node-Red and found that is a very interesting platform. I'm trying to log data from a serial communication device, but my problem is that to get a full set of data from the device I must sent to t…

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## [Are split node results true or false?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/are-split-node-results-true-or-false/32681)

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**Author:** [@minhhn0205](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/minhhn0205)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 10:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/are-split-node-results-true-or-false/32681 "2020-09-10T10:12:54Z")

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From the output of the zip node I did split but the results were different although the contents of the zip files FOLDER\_TEXT.zip and FOLDER\_01.zip were the same. \[{"id":"e6253d00.80925","type":"inject","z":"aa40b59…

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## [Notification using mui\_toast](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/notification-using-mui-toast/32642)

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**Author:** [@hrsht007](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hrsht007)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 10:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/notification-using-mui-toast/32642 "2020-09-10T10:01:17Z")

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Hi, i am using mDashboard to show historical data by date time picker. i need to show popup message notification on choosing end date less than start date. somehow i used mui\_toast,its not workin, .but on using ui\_toa…

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## [Error opening node red in cmd](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-opening-node-red-in-cmd/32635)

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**Author:** [@vishalk](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/vishalk)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 09:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-opening-node-red-in-cmd/32635 "2020-09-10T09:00:12Z")

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Hello, I am not able to open node red, I am using node red since 2 weeks.but, this error is contineously running in command promt when I type node-red to start node red. 9 Sep 11:58:12 - \[error\] \[opc-da server:c97c3198…

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## [Client-side break point or allert freeze node-red entirely](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/client-side-break-point-or-allert-freeze-node-red-entirely/32680)

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**Author:** [@0x180](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/0x180)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2020 08:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/client-side-break-point-or-allert-freeze-node-red-entirely/32680 "2020-09-10T08:41:30Z")

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Greeting, as stated in the title i was digging into node-red (v.1.1.3) dashboard (v2.23.2). May be it's just a mine missrepresentation of the problem, but when i open the dashboard (ctrl+shift+D) from a flow editor, I'a…

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## [Confusion about object prototype](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/confusion-about-object-prototype/32605)

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**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2020 22:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/confusion-about-object-prototype/32605 "2020-09-09T22:22:52Z")

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Hi folks, I'm working together with our friend @Paul-Reed on a new node. But now we are completely stuck... We create an object and pass it to a third-party library: The library checks whether it is a plain object: …

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## [Node Red, Uibuilder, and http-vue-loader](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-uibuilder-and-http-vue-loader/32654)

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**Author:** [@tmichaeltx](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tmichaeltx)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2020 21:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-uibuilder-and-http-vue-loader/32654 "2020-09-09T21:13:03Z")

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I have been following the example from the uibuilder wiki on how to use http-vue-loader to use components without a build step. It works very well and am pleased with the results. I have been working my way through some …

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## [Change tabs order in left menu](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-tabs-order-in-left-menu/32660)

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**Author:** [@0x180](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/0x180)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2020 20:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-tabs-order-in-left-menu/32660 "2020-09-09T20:58:36Z")

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Greetings, as stated in the title i does not find any way to change tabs order in the left menu (of dashboard).

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## [Contribute ui-media to node-red-ui-nodes](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/contribute-ui-media-to-node-red-ui-nodes/18990)

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**Author:** [@gfcittolin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gfcittolin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [10 December 2019 14:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/contribute-ui-media-to-node-red-ui-nodes/18990 "2019-12-10T14:06:44Z")

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Hi all, We've developed and published node-red-contrib-ui-media as a node to display media content on the dashboard. I've noticed there's an "official" repository with contrib nodes for the dashboard, node-red-ui-nodes,…

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## [HTTP GET - rendering problem](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-get-rendering-problem/32363)

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**Author:** [@RaiRoo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RaiRoo)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2020 20:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-get-rendering-problem/32363 "2020-09-09T20:28:10Z")

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I try to parse a dynamic web site (monitoring of my Fritz!Box), but I fail with using HTTP GET. Apparently the payload contains data BEFORE the complete rendering of the web site is done. Any ideas?

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## [HTML Node - Problem with CSS selector](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/html-node-problem-with-css-selector/32657)

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**Author:** [@bigmadgaga](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bigmadgaga)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2020 19:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/html-node-problem-with-css-selector/32657 "2020-09-09T19:09:28Z")

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Hi@all. I am a newbie in node-red.I try to scrape a few elements of a website. Therefore i created a selector to define the element i want to read out. When i check my created selector with the chrome devoloper tool the…

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## [Help with how to use flow.variables in change node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-how-to-use-flow-variables-in-change-node/32575)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2020 18:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-how-to-use-flow-variables-in-change-node/32575 "2020-09-09T18:41:45Z")

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To try and help, here is a basic flow which is what I am needing to do elsewhere with other things. I have two flow.context values. I want to multiply them and send that out as the payload. eg: flow.number and flow.m…

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## [Multiple instances of find-my-iphone-node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-instances-of-find-my-iphone-node/32655)

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**Author:** [@hazymat](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hazymat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2020 17:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-instances-of-find-my-iphone-node/32655 "2020-09-09T17:55:38Z")

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Looks like find-my-iphone-node only allows one instance. When I try to add a second instance (for another user's phone) it fails and intermittently attempts to send a locate message to the first instance set up. (Even th…

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## [Help needed for https POST / cookie](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-for-https-post-cookie/32630)

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**Author:** [@thomy123](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/thomy123)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2020 17:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-for-https-post-cookie/32630 "2020-09-09T17:10:09Z")

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Hi all I would like to read data out of a water softener (BWT Aqua Perla) which has a webinterface in my own LAN. Therefore its needed as a first step to login through POST request to gain the cookie. The cookie is from…

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## [Regex help node-red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/regex-help-node-red/32651)

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**Author:** [@niclas.w82](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/niclas.w82)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2020 16:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/regex-help-node-red/32651 "2020-09-09T16:43:47Z")

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Hi. Trying to learn regex to use in a change node. I have succeeded to get the expression right but don't make it to work in node-red. Probably some easy misstake but I'm stuck.

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## [Grouping in Jsonata](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/grouping-in-jsonata/32304)

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**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2020 16:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/grouping-in-jsonata/32304 "2020-09-09T16:43:04Z")

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Hi folks, In my daily job I need to do some calculations on a json, so I thought that Jsonata might perhaps be the solution for my problem. I have a (very long) json, but here is a small part of it: { "indices" : { …

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## [Update query in sqlite3 with fob id coming from gateway code](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/update-query-in-sqlite3-with-fob-id-coming-from-gateway-code/32292)

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**Author:** [@shipra](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/shipra)\
**Replies:** 134\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2020 16:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/update-query-in-sqlite3-with-fob-id-coming-from-gateway-code/32292 "2020-09-09T16:20:36Z")

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I have to update sqlite3 query with Door status and only on that column which is coming from successfully database entry

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## [\[ui\_table\] issue with ui\_control example](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-table-issue-with-ui-control-example/32650)

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**Author:** [@lawrencerb](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lawrencerb)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2020 15:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-table-issue-with-ui-control-example/32650 "2020-09-09T15:56:20Z")

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Pressing the "inject" repeatedly in the Ui-Table \> ui\_control example creates more and more colums, as the image shows: Is this common behaviour? If not, how do I fix it?

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## [Serving a big archive (.zip or.tar) file built on the fly](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/serving-a-big-archive-zip-or-tar-file-built-on-the-fly/32647)

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**Author:** [@iurly](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/iurly)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2020 14:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/serving-a-big-archive-zip-or-tar-file-built-on-the-fly/32647 "2020-09-09T14:25:08Z")

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Hi, I'm running Node-RED on a Raspberry Pi and I'm looking for a way to easily export (over HTTP) a bunch of files from the local file system. I managed to build a simple dashboard where you can just click a button and…

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