Re: DON'T use old cart file!
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 14249
interpreted = N
texte = >>Hi Ken, >>Well the idea seems obvious, as a matter of fact, when I started thinking >>about customizing, I thougth in this direction, but I had several problems: >>> >>> What you might want to consider doing instead, would be to make >>> WebCat create a special database for each of your repeat customers - >> >> I have about 2000 regular customers-does that mean that I'll have to have >> 2000 databases? > >Yes and No. The truth is, there's another way to do it --- without >adding ANY new databases. I came up with two solutions when I thought >this out, but the larger number of regular customers you have, the >more sense it makes to have a separate database for each of them. > >Besides, there's no reason NOT to have a separate database for each >repeat customer. The fact of the matter is that it really doesn't >make any difference *how many* databases you have! You could have >millions of them, and if only a handful of them are open at any one >time, who cares how many there are? > >Just use the [closedatabase] tag in the right places to make sure the >custom databases get closed immediately if you're worried about it, >or else let WebCatalog close them automatically ... because it WILL >close them automatically for you, and you don't even have to worry >about it ... :) > Where is this documented at. When does this happen? How often does this happen?Bennie************************************** Bennie Warren /\ LemooreNet / / 320 West D Street / / Lemoore, CA 93245 / / /\ /\ Phone: 209.924.5909 / /_ _ / \ / / Fax 209.924.9578 \ _ _ / /\ \/ / bennie@lemoorenet.com / / \ / http://www.lemoorenet.com /_/ \/ **************************************
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>>Hi Ken, >>Well the idea seems obvious, as a matter of fact, when I started thinking >>about customizing, I thougth in this direction, but I had several problems: >>> >>> What you might want to consider doing instead, would be to make >>> WebCat create a special database for each of your repeat customers - >> >> I have about 2000 regular customers-does that mean that I'll have to have >> 2000 databases? > >Yes and No. The truth is, there's another way to do it --- without >adding ANY new databases. I came up with two solutions when I thought >this out, but the larger number of regular customers you have, the >more sense it makes to have a separate database for each of them. > >Besides, there's no reason NOT to have a separate database for each >repeat customer. The fact of the matter is that it really doesn't >make any difference *how many* databases you have! You could have >millions of them, and if only a handful of them are open at any one >time, who cares how many there are? > >Just use the
[closedatabase] tag in the right places to make sure the >custom databases get closed immediately if you're worried about it, >or else let WebCatalog close them automatically ... because it WILL >close them automatically for you, and you don't even have to worry >about it ... :) > Where is this documented at. When does this happen? How often does this happen?Bennie************************************** Bennie Warren /\ LemooreNet / / 320 West D Street / / Lemoore, CA 93245 / / /\ /\ Phone: 209.924.5909 / /_ _ / \ / / Fax 209.924.9578 \ _ _ / /\ \/ / bennie@lemoorenet.com / / \ / http://www.lemoorenet.com /_/ \/ **************************************
Bennie Warren
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