diff --git a/sync/unDecodeComments.php b/sync/unDecodeComments.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * Script to remove urldecode and stripslashes from all comments
+ */
+require_once("../config/dmsDefaults.php");
+$sql = $default->db;
+$query = "select id, body from discussion_comments";
+$sql->query($query);
+echo "<pre>";
+while ($sql->next_record()) {
+	echo "found offending field=" . $sql->f("body") . "<br>";  
+	//	  update it
+	updateField($sql->f("id"), $sql->f("body"));
+}
+echo "</pre>";
+
+function updateField($id, $value) {
+	global $default;
+	$sql = $default->db;
+	$value = urldecode($value);
+	$query = "update discussion_comments set body='$value' where id=$id";
+	if ($sql->query($query)) {
+		echo "successful ";
+	} else {
+		echo "unsuccessful ";
+	}
+	echo "update query=$query<br>";
+}
+?>
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