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+/*	EQEMu: Everquest Server Emulator
+Copyright (C) 2001-2015 EQEMu Development Team (http://eqemulator.net)
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY except by those people which sell it, which
+are required to give you total support for your newly bought product;
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+*/
+
+#include "../common/global_define.h"
+#include "../common/rulesys.h"
+#include "../common/string_util.h"
+#include "../common/timer.h"
+
+#include "database.h"
+
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <iostream>
+
+bool Database::AddClientToInstance(uint16 instance_id, uint32 char_id)
+{
+	std::string query = StringFormat(
+		"REPLACE INTO `instance_list_player` (id, charid) "
+		"VALUES "
+		"(%lu, %lu)",
+		(unsigned long)instance_id,
+		(unsigned long)char_id
+		);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+	return results.Success();
+}
+
+bool Database::CharacterInInstanceGroup(uint16 instance_id, uint32 char_id)
+{
+
+	std::string query = StringFormat("SELECT charid FROM instance_list_player where id=%u AND charid=%u", instance_id, char_id);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+		return false;
+
+	if (results.RowCount() != 1)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool Database::CheckInstanceExists(uint16 instance_id) {
+	std::string query = StringFormat(
+		"SELECT "
+		"`id`  "
+		"FROM  "
+		"`instance_list`  "
+		"WHERE  "
+		"`id` = %u",
+		instance_id
+		);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+		return false;
+
+	if (results.RowCount() == 0)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool Database::CheckInstanceExpired(uint16 instance_id)
+{
+
+	int32 start_time = 0;
+	int32 duration = 0;
+	uint32 never_expires = 0;
+
+	std::string query = StringFormat("SELECT start_time, duration, never_expires FROM instance_list WHERE id=%u", instance_id);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+		return true;
+
+	if (results.RowCount() == 0)
+		return true;
+
+	auto row = results.begin();
+
+	start_time = atoi(row[0]);
+	duration = atoi(row[1]);
+	never_expires = atoi(row[2]);
+
+	if (never_expires == 1)
+		return false;
+
+	timeval tv;
+	gettimeofday(&tv, nullptr);
+
+	if ((start_time + duration) <= tv.tv_sec)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool Database::CreateInstance(uint16 instance_id, uint32 zone_id, uint32 version, uint32 duration)
+{
+	std::string query = StringFormat("INSERT INTO instance_list (id, zone, version, start_time, duration)"
+		" values(%lu, %lu, %lu, UNIX_TIMESTAMP(), %lu)",
+		(unsigned long)instance_id, (unsigned long)zone_id, (unsigned long)version, (unsigned long)duration);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	return results.Success();
+}
+
+bool Database::GetUnusedInstanceID(uint16 &instance_id)
+{
+	uint32 count = RuleI(Zone, ReservedInstances);
+	uint32 max = 65535;
+
+	std::string query = StringFormat("SELECT IFNULL(MAX(id),%u)+1 FROM instance_list  WHERE id > %u", count, count);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+	{
+		instance_id = 0;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (results.RowCount() == 0)
+	{
+		instance_id = 0;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	auto row = results.begin();
+
+	if (atoi(row[0]) <= max)
+	{
+		instance_id = atoi(row[0]);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	query = StringFormat("SELECT id FROM instance_list where id > %u ORDER BY id", count);
+	results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+	{
+		instance_id = 0;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (results.RowCount() == 0)
+	{
+		instance_id = 0;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	count++;
+	for (auto row = results.begin(); row != results.end(); ++row)
+	{
+		if (count < atoi(row[0]))
+		{
+			instance_id = count;
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		if (count > max)
+		{
+			instance_id = 0;
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		count++;
+	}
+
+	instance_id = count;
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool Database::GlobalInstance(uint16 instance_id)
+{
+	std::string query = StringFormat(
+		"SELECT "
+		"is_global "
+		"FROM "
+		"instance_list "
+		"WHERE "
+		"id = %u "
+		"LIMIT 1 ",
+		instance_id
+		);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+		return false;
+
+	if (results.RowCount() == 0)
+		return false;
+
+	auto row = results.begin();
+
+	return (atoi(row[0]) == 1) ? true : false;
+}
+
+bool Database::RemoveClientFromInstance(uint16 instance_id, uint32 char_id)
+{
+	std::string query = StringFormat("DELETE FROM instance_list_player WHERE id=%lu AND charid=%lu",
+		(unsigned long)instance_id, (unsigned long)char_id);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	return results.Success();
+}
+
+
+bool Database::RemoveClientsFromInstance(uint16 instance_id)
+{
+	std::string query = StringFormat("DELETE FROM instance_list_player WHERE id=%lu", (unsigned long)instance_id);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	return results.Success();
+}
+
+bool Database::VerifyInstanceAlive(uint16 instance_id, uint32 char_id)
+{
+	//we are not saved to this instance so set our instance to 0
+	if (!GlobalInstance(instance_id) && !CharacterInInstanceGroup(instance_id, char_id))
+		return false;
+
+	if (CheckInstanceExpired(instance_id))
+	{
+		DeleteInstance(instance_id);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool Database::VerifyZoneInstance(uint32 zone_id, uint16 instance_id)
+{
+
+	std::string query = StringFormat("SELECT id FROM instance_list where id=%u AND zone=%u", instance_id, zone_id);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+		return false;
+
+	if (results.RowCount() == 0)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+uint16 Database::GetInstanceID(const char* zone, uint32 character_id, int16 version) {
+
+	std::string query = StringFormat(
+		"SELECT "
+		"instance_list.id "
+		"FROM "
+		"instance_list, "
+		"instance_list_player "
+		"WHERE "
+		"instance_list.zone = %u "
+		"AND instance_list.version = %u "
+		"AND instance_list.id = instance_list_player.id "
+		"AND instance_list_player.charid = %u "
+		"LIMIT 1 ",
+		GetZoneID(zone),
+		version,
+		character_id
+		);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+		return 0;
+
+	if (results.RowCount() == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	auto row = results.begin();
+	return atoi(row[0]);
+}
+
+uint16 Database::GetInstanceID(uint32 zone, uint32 character_id, int16 version)
+{
+	if (!zone)
+		return 0;
+
+	std::string query = StringFormat(
+		"SELECT "
+		"instance_list.id "
+		"FROM "
+		"instance_list, "
+		"instance_list_player "
+		"WHERE "
+		"instance_list.zone = %u "
+		"AND instance_list.version = %u "
+		"AND instance_list.id = instance_list_player.id "
+		"AND instance_list_player.charid = %u "
+		"LIMIT 1; ",
+		zone,
+		version,
+		character_id
+		);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+		return 0;
+
+	if (results.RowCount() == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	auto row = results.begin();
+
+	return atoi(row[0]);
+}
+
+uint16 Database::GetInstanceVersion(uint16 instance_id) {
+	if (instance_id == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	std::string query = StringFormat("SELECT version FROM instance_list where id=%u", instance_id);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+		return 0;
+
+	if (results.RowCount() == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	auto row = results.begin();
+	return atoi(row[0]);
+}
+
+uint32 Database::GetTimeRemainingInstance(uint16 instance_id, bool &is_perma)
+{
+	uint32 start_time = 0;
+	uint32 duration = 0;
+	uint32 never_expires = 0;
+
+	std::string query = StringFormat("SELECT start_time, duration, never_expires FROM instance_list WHERE id=%u", instance_id);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+	{
+		is_perma = false;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (results.RowCount() == 0)
+	{
+		is_perma = false;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	auto row = results.begin();
+
+	start_time = atoi(row[0]);
+	duration = atoi(row[1]);
+	never_expires = atoi(row[2]);
+
+	if (never_expires == 1)
+	{
+		is_perma = true;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	is_perma = false;
+
+	timeval tv;
+	gettimeofday(&tv, nullptr);
+	return ((start_time + duration) - tv.tv_sec);
+}
+
+uint32 Database::VersionFromInstanceID(uint16 instance_id)
+{
+
+	std::string query = StringFormat("SELECT version FROM instance_list where id=%u", instance_id);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+		return 0;
+
+	if (results.RowCount() == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	auto row = results.begin();
+
+	return atoi(row[0]);
+}
+
+uint32 Database::ZoneIDFromInstanceID(uint16 instance_id)
+{
+
+	std::string query = StringFormat("SELECT zone FROM instance_list where id=%u", instance_id);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+		return 0;
+
+	if (results.RowCount() == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	auto row = results.begin();
+
+	return atoi(row[0]);
+}
+
+void Database::AssignGroupToInstance(uint32 group_id, uint32 instance_id)
+{
+
+	uint32 zone_id = ZoneIDFromInstanceID(instance_id);
+	uint16 version = VersionFromInstanceID(instance_id);
+
+	std::string query = StringFormat("SELECT `charid` FROM `group_id` WHERE `groupid` = %u", group_id);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+		return;
+
+	for (auto row = results.begin(); row != results.end(); ++row)
+	{
+		uint32 charid = atoi(row[0]);
+		if (GetInstanceID(zone_id, charid, version) == 0)
+			AddClientToInstance(instance_id, charid);
+	}
+}
+
+void Database::AssignRaidToInstance(uint32 raid_id, uint32 instance_id)
+{
+
+	uint32 zone_id = ZoneIDFromInstanceID(instance_id);
+	uint16 version = VersionFromInstanceID(instance_id);
+
+	std::string query = StringFormat("SELECT `charid` FROM `raid_members` WHERE `raidid` = %u", raid_id);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+		return;
+
+	for (auto row = results.begin(); row != results.end(); ++row)
+	{
+		uint32 charid = atoi(row[0]);
+		if (GetInstanceID(zone_id, charid, version) == 0)
+			AddClientToInstance(instance_id, charid);
+	}
+}
+
+void Database::BuryCorpsesInInstance(uint16 instance_id) {
+	std::string query = StringFormat(
+		"UPDATE `character_corpses` "
+		"SET `is_buried` = 1, "
+		"`instance_id` = 0 "
+		"WHERE "
+		"`instance_id` = %u ",
+		instance_id
+		);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+}
+
+void Database::DeleteInstance(uint16 instance_id)
+{
+
+	std::string query = StringFormat("DELETE FROM instance_list WHERE id=%u", instance_id);
+	QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	query = StringFormat("DELETE FROM instance_list_player WHERE id=%u", instance_id);
+	QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	query = StringFormat("DELETE FROM respawn_times WHERE instance_id=%u", instance_id);
+	QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	query = StringFormat("DELETE FROM spawn_condition_values WHERE instance_id=%u", instance_id);
+	QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	BuryCorpsesInInstance(instance_id);
+}
+
+void Database::FlagInstanceByGroupLeader(uint32 zone, int16 version, uint32 charid, uint32 gid)
+{
+	uint16 id = GetInstanceID(zone, charid, version);
+	if (id != 0)
+		return;
+
+	char ln[128];
+	memset(ln, 0, 128);
+	strcpy(ln, GetGroupLeadershipInfo(gid, ln));
+	uint32 l_charid = GetCharacterID((const char*)ln);
+	uint16 l_id = GetInstanceID(zone, l_charid, version);
+
+	if (l_id == 0)
+		return;
+
+	AddClientToInstance(l_id, charid);
+}
+
+void Database::FlagInstanceByRaidLeader(uint32 zone, int16 version, uint32 charid, uint32 rid)
+{
+	uint16 id = GetInstanceID(zone, charid, version);
+	if (id != 0)
+		return;
+
+	uint32 l_charid = GetCharacterID(GetRaidLeaderName(rid));
+	uint16 l_id = GetInstanceID(zone, l_charid, version);
+
+	if (l_id == 0)
+		return;
+
+	AddClientToInstance(l_id, charid);
+}
+
+void Database::GetCharactersInInstance(uint16 instance_id, std::list<uint32> &charid_list) {
+
+	std::string query = StringFormat("SELECT `charid` FROM `instance_list_playe`r WHERE `id` = %u", instance_id);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+		return;
+
+	for (auto row = results.begin(); row != results.end(); ++row)
+		charid_list.push_back(atoi(row[0]));
+}
+
+void Database::PurgeExpiredInstances()
+{
+	std::string query("SELECT id FROM instance_list where (start_time+duration) <= UNIX_TIMESTAMP() and never_expires = 0");
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success())
+		return;
+
+	if (results.RowCount() == 0)
+		return;
+
+	for (auto row = results.begin(); row != results.end(); ++row)
+		DeleteInstance(atoi(row[0]));
+}
+
+void Database::SetInstanceDuration(uint16 instance_id, uint32 new_duration)
+{
+	std::string query = StringFormat("UPDATE `instance_list` SET start_time=UNIX_TIMESTAMP(), "
+		"duration=%u WHERE id=%u", new_duration, instance_id);
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+}
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