Re: Problems w/ heavy use of cart header fields?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = On 4/6/1998 1:27 PM, PCS Technical Support so noted...>>I'm wondering if frequently setting, resetting and>>accessing these cart header fields will cause a big performance hit>>Everything is RAM-based as long as you're inside an OrderFile context,>because SetHeader will look 'outwards' until it bumps into a context that>contains the same OrderFile as the on in the SetHeader.>>Any template that you get to from ShowCart, Purchase, Add, Remove (all the>commands that deal with carts) is automatically 'wrapped' inside an>OrderFile, so a bunch of SetHeader tags on that page should be pretty fast.>>Naturally if you're not inside an existing OrderFile context, then>SetHeader won't find any OrderFiles in RAM, and it will have to actually>hit the disk in order to make changes to the order file.Since I'm using these header fields so extensively, all but a handful of pages are enclosed inside an orderfile context. Does what you say mean that, if a setheader occurs within an orderfile, that after the [/orderfile] those changes *then* get written to disk? If so, does an [/orderfile] always write to disk, or only if changes are made to the order within the context (ie: by using one or more setheaders)? Also, can my shopping carts be moved outside of the web directory tree, if I wanted to move all these carts to a RAM disk (and would that be beneficial, or a waste of time and an unnecessary risk)?Rob MarquardtDesigner/Resident WireheadToast Design300 First Avenue North, Suite 150Minneapolis MN 55401612.330.9863 v612.321.9424 fwww.toastdesign.com
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On 4/6/1998 1:27 PM, PCS Technical Support so noted...>>I'm wondering if frequently setting, resetting and>>accessing these cart header fields will cause a big performance hit>>Everything is RAM-based as long as you're inside an OrderFile context,>because SetHeader will look 'outwards' until it bumps into a context that>contains the same OrderFile as the on in the SetHeader.>>Any template that you get to from ShowCart, Purchase, Add, Remove (all the>commands that deal with carts) is automatically 'wrapped' inside an>OrderFile, so a bunch of SetHeader tags on that page should be pretty fast.>>Naturally if you're not inside an existing OrderFile context, then>SetHeader won't find any OrderFiles in RAM, and it will have to actually>hit the disk in order to make changes to the
order file.Since I'm using these header fields so extensively, all but a handful of pages are enclosed inside an orderfile context. Does what you say mean that, if a setheader occurs within an orderfile, that after the [/orderfile] those changes *then* get written to disk? If so, does an [/orderfile] always write to disk, or only if changes are made to the order within the context (ie: by using one or more setheaders)? Also, can my shopping carts be moved outside of the web directory tree, if I wanted to move all these carts to a RAM disk (and would that be beneficial, or a waste of time and an unnecessary risk)?Rob MarquardtDesigner/Resident WireheadToast Design300 First Avenue North, Suite 150Minneapolis MN 55401612.330.9863 v612.321.9424 fwww.toastdesign.com
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