Re: Database Updates
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 13281
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texte = >Ken kindly replied noting:>>...Yes, of course, that's what the [closedatabase] tag is for. Using the>...[closedatabase] tag you can close every database - individually. It's>...in the manual ...>>I did try what was noted in the Manual. I was unable to get it to work as>evidenced by the problem message I posted over a week ago.>>Assuming that I am working with the database file CATALOG.TXT in the folder>named VENDORA exactly how would I write the A HREF command to close the>database?Where is the template you want to place the [closedatabase] tag into?If it's in the VENDORA folder, the tag is simply [closedatabasecatalog.txt].The syntax is always:[closedatabase RelativePathFromTemplateToDatabaseFile].The [closedatabase] tag is usually placed in a template AFTER the[replace] or [delete] context. It's not supposed to be necessaryafter an [append] because WebCat writes appended data to disk everytime without the [closedatabase] tag.If you show me the hierarchy of your WebCat stuff, I'll give you anexact [closedatabase] tag that you can copy from my response andpaste into yout template.Sincerely, Ken GromeWebDNA Solutionshttp://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.html
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>Ken kindly replied noting:>>...Yes, of course, that's what the
[closedatabase] tag is for. Using the>...
[closedatabase] tag you can close every database - individually. It's>...in the manual ...>>I did try what was noted in the Manual. I was unable to get it to work as>evidenced by the problem message I posted over a week ago.>>Assuming that I am working with the database file CATALOG.TXT in the folder>named VENDORA exactly how would I write the A HREF command to close the>database?Where is the template you want to place the
[closedatabase] tag into?If it's in the VENDORA folder, the tag is simply [closedatabasecatalog.txt].The syntax is always:[closedatabase RelativePathFromTemplateToDatabaseFile].The
[closedatabase] tag is usually placed in a template AFTER the
[replace] or
[delete] context. It's not supposed to be necessaryafter an
[append] because WebCat writes appended data to disk everytime without the
[closedatabase] tag.If you show me the hierarchy of your WebCat stuff, I'll give you anexact
[closedatabase] tag that you can copy from my response andpaste into yout template.Sincerely, Ken GromeWebDNA Solutionshttp://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.html
Kenneth Grome
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