Summing a field full of numbers ...
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numero = 10778
interpreted = N
texte = Hi Grant,I thought you'd like to know that when I put the following syntax into a template that searches thru a 16,000 record database, the math does *not* choke on the very long string of number it has to add to get the results. You mentioned earlier that the [math] might not be able to handle such a long calculation, but it does just fine![search db=listings.db&nepricedata=0] [format thousands .1f] [math] ([founditems][price]+[/founditems]0)/1000000 [/math] [/format] [/search]This WebDNA takes about 22 seconds to get the results, so it's not a fast response ... but remember, it's adding 16,000 number, each of which has six figures.I'm not going to have WebCat2 calculate this everytime someone looks at the page, but I would like to calculate this number once a day so I can store the value in a database, then it will take only a fraction of a second to retrieve that value with a lookup ... :)Sincerely, Ken
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Hi Grant,I thought you'd like to know that when I put the following syntax into a template that searches thru a 16,000 record database, the math does *not* choke on the very long string of number it has to add to get the results. You mentioned earlier that the
[math] might not be able to handle such a long calculation, but it does just fine![search db=listings.db&nepricedata=0] [format thousands .1f]
[math] (
[founditems][price]+[/founditems]0)/1000000 [/math] [/format] [/search]This WebDNA takes about 22 seconds to get the results, so it's not a fast response ... but remember, it's adding 16,000 number, each of which has six figures.I'm not going to have WebCat2 calculate this everytime someone looks at the page, but I would like to calculate this number once a day so I can store the value in a database, then it will take only a fraction of a second to retrieve that value with a lookup ... :)Sincerely, Ken
Kenneth Grome
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