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void state_sync_modes( char* channel, char* ts, char* modes, char* key, char* lim )
{
        long its = strtol( ts, NULL, 10 );
        char* echannel = db_encode( channel );
        db_res res = db_query( "SELECT ts FROM cur_chanlist WHERE lchannel='%s'", echannel );
        db_row row = db_get_row( res );
        long ots = strtol( row[ 0 ], NULL, 10 );
        db_free_result( res );
        printf( "Channel %s has ts %li, joined with %li\n", channel, ots, its );
        if ( ots == -1 || its > ots )
        {
                char* lim_pos = strstr( modes, "l" );
                char* key_pos = strstr( modes, "k" );
                mode_buffer[ 0 ] = '\0';
                if ( lim_pos == NULL && key_pos == NULL )
                {
                        strcpy( mode_buffer, modes );
                }
                else if ( lim_pos == NULL )
                {
                        snprintf( mode_buffer, 512, "%s %s", modes, key );
                }
                else if ( key_pos == NULL )
                {
                        snprintf( mode_buffer, 512, "%s %s", modes, lim );
                }
                else if ( key_pos > lim_pos )
                {
                        snprintf( mode_buffer, 512, "%s %s %s", modes, lim, key );
                }
                else
                {
                        snprintf( mode_buffer, 512, "%s %s %s", modes, key, lim );
                }
                res = db_query( "UPDATE cur_chanlist SET ts='%li', modes='%s' WHERE lchannel='%s'", its, mode_buffer, echannel );
                db_free_result( res );
        }
        free( echannel );
}