bboard_urgent_message_items db { archived_p "f" } { show_min "0" } { show_max "50000" } { skip_first "0" }What it does:
Returns a string ofDefined in: /web/philip/tcl/bboard-defs.tclwith hyperlinks to the current bboard items that are marked urgent. 
Source code:
    if {$archived_p == "t"} {
	set archived_qual "and sign(bboard.posting_time + [ad_parameter DaysConsideredUrgent bboard] - sysdate) < 1"
        set sort_key "posting_time desc"
    } else {
	set archived_qual ""
        #set sort_key "urgent_sign desc, answered_p asc, posting_time desc"
        set sort_key "urgent_sign desc, posting_time desc"
    }
 
# (bd Nov 1999) Note to the usage of NVL function on two places below:
# I wanted to get rid of the annoying Oracle error message
# in the log file "Warning of a NULL column in an aggregate function"
    set selection [ns_db select $db "select bboard.msg_id, 
bboard.one_line,  sort_key, bboard.topic_id, bboard_topics.topic, bboard_topics.presentation_type,
users.email, users.first_names || ' ' || last_name as name, users.user_id,
bboard.posting_time, sign(bboard.posting_time + [ad_parameter DaysConsideredUrgent bboard] - sysdate) as urgent_sign,
max(nvl(bboard_new_answers_helper.posting_time, '0001-01-01')) as last_response,
sign(count(nvl(bboard_new_answers_helper.root_msg_id,0))) as answered_p
from bboard, bboard_new_answers_helper, bboard_topics, users
where bboard.user_id = users.user_id
and bboard_new_answers_helper.root_msg_id(+) = bboard.msg_id
and bboard_topics.topic_id = bboard.topic_id
and (bboard_topics.read_access in ('any', 'public'))
and bboard.urgent_p = 't'
$archived_qual
group by bboard.msg_id, bboard.one_line, bboard.topic_id, 
bboard_topics.topic, bboard_topics.presentation_type, sort_key, users.user_id, users.first_names || ' ' || last_name, email, bboard.posting_time
order by $sort_key"]
    # Siemens wants to display, at a minimum, the last 3 urgent
    set urgent_items ""
    set count 0
    while { [ns_db getrow $db $selection] } {
	set_variables_after_query
	if { [string first "." $sort_key] == -1 } {
	    # there is no period in the sort key so this is the start of a thread
	    set thread_start_msg_id $sort_key
	} else {
	    # strip off the stuff before the period
	    regexp {(.*)\..*} $sort_key match thread_start_msg_id
	}
	if {$count < $show_max && ($urgent_sign == 1 || $archived_p == "t" || $count < $show_min)} {
	    if {$count >= $skip_first} {
	          append urgent_items "<li><a href=\"/bboard/[bboard_msg_url $presentation_type $thread_start_msg_id $topic]\">$one_line</a> <i>(<a href=\"/shared/community-member?[export_url_vars user_id]\">$name</a> on $posting_time in $topic"
                  if {"$last_response" != "0001-01-01"} {
	         	append urgent_items ", last response on $last_response"
	          }
	    append urgent_items ")</i>\n"
	    }
	} else {
	    break
	}
	incr count
    }
    return $urgent_items