Re: &fieldsdir=ra truely random??

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2000

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texte = It works for me.Goto http://www.etdconsortium.com/members.tplThose are all taken out of database randomly. . . does the trick for me . .. Jesse Proudman - NineWire Productions http://www.ninewire.com <-> jesse@ninewire.com Innovative and Creative Web Design and Hosting> -----Original Message-----> From: WebCatalog Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On> Behalf Of John Butler> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 12:49 PM> To: WebCatalog Talk> Subject: Re: &fieldsdir=ra truely random??>>> Ken,>> do you KNOW for sure that the random parameter does not work? I> mean it doesn't seem to work for me, but maybe I have done> something wrong...? Had you previously found the random param to> not work for you?>> We hope you are not right about PCS/SM, but one thing for sure, I> have learned that communication stops when the feeling level has> been damaged. Whatever are the intentions of PCS/SM, we will> only lessen the support if we bad mouth them. I am not> addressing their level of support here... just our method of> drawing the best we can get - whatever it is that we have to work with.>> -John>> Kenneth Grome wrote:>> > >I have template with this-> > >> > >[Search> db=Greetings.db&negreetingdata=nada&greetingsort=1&greetingsdir=ra&max=1]> > >> [FoundItems][interpret][greeting][/interpret][/FoundItems][/Search]> > >> > >where the Greeting.db has only one field (named greeting)> with records like-> > >hello [username]...�> > >> > >> > >But I find that I can force reload the page repeatedly (like> 20 times) and only get one of> > >2 greetings returned out of 12 possible. That doesn't seem> very random to me. I have> > >tried this a few times on different days and I always get the> same 2 greetings. Even if I> > >flush webcat's and my browsers cache, the same thing happens.> Any ideas why the> > >&greetingsdir=ra> > >doesn't sort more randomly?> >> > Many webcat bugs are still being ignored, as they have been for> years. It's time to face the fact that PCS will never fix these> bugs ... no matter what claims they might make to the contrary.> All PCS does these days (when they are not ignoring us) is talk> -- and talk is cheap. Their performance tells the real story> here. They are no longer committed to fixing their long-standing bugs.> >> > >How to make it more random?> >> > Why don't you make it sequential instead of random? Then you> can forget about using the random parameter which obviously> doesn't work, and use your own code to sequence thru all the> items in the db one at a time.> >> > ================================> > Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant> > 808-737-6499, http://webdna.net> > ================================> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------> > Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant> Messaging Server.> > To end your Mail problems go to .> >> > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> > the mailing list .> > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------> Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant> Messaging Server.> To end your Mail problems go to .>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> -------------------------------------------------------------Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server.To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

It works for me.Goto http://www.etdconsortium.com/members.tplThose are all taken out of database randomly. . . does the trick for me . .. Jesse Proudman - NineWire Productions http://www.ninewire.com <-> jesse@ninewire.com Innovative and Creative Web Design and Hosting> -----Original Message-----> From: WebCatalog Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On> Behalf Of John Butler> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 12:49 PM> To: WebCatalog Talk> Subject: Re: &fieldsdir=ra truely random??>>> Ken,>> do you KNOW for sure that the random parameter does not work? I> mean it doesn't seem to work for me, but maybe I have done> something wrong...? Had you previously found the random param to> not work for you?>> We hope you are not right about PCS/SM, but one thing for sure, I> have learned that communication stops when the feeling level has> been damaged. Whatever are the intentions of PCS/SM, we will> only lessen the support if we bad mouth them. I am not> addressing their level of support here... just our method of> drawing the best we can get - whatever it is that we have to work with.>> -John>> Kenneth Grome wrote:>> > >I have template with this-> > >> > >[Search> db=Greetings.db&negreetingdata=nada&greetingsort=1&greetingsdir=ra&max=1]> > >> [founditems][interpret][greeting][/interpret][/FoundItems][/Search]> > >> > >where the Greeting.db has only one field (named greeting)> with records like-> > >hello [username]...�> > >> > >> > >But I find that I can force reload the page repeatedly (like> 20 times) and only get one of> > >2 greetings returned out of 12 possible. That doesn't seem> very random to me. I have> > >tried this a few times on different days and I always get the> same 2 greetings. Even if I> > >flush webcat's and my browsers cache, the same thing happens.> Any ideas why the> > >&greetingsdir=ra> > >doesn't sort more randomly?> >> > Many webcat bugs are still being ignored, as they have been for> years. It's time to face the fact that PCS will never fix these> bugs ... no matter what claims they might make to the contrary.> All PCS does these days (when they are not ignoring us) is talk> -- and talk is cheap. Their performance tells the real story> here. They are no longer committed to fixing their long-standing bugs.> >> > >How to make it more random?> >> > Why don't you make it sequential instead of random? Then you> can forget about using the random parameter which obviously> doesn't work, and use your own code to sequence thru all the> items in the db one at a time.> >> > ================================> > Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant> > 808-737-6499, http://webdna.net> > ================================> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------> > Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant> Messaging Server.> > To end your Mail problems go to .> >> > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> > the mailing list .> > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------> Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant> Messaging Server.> To end your Mail problems go to .>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> -------------------------------------------------------------Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server.To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Jesse Williams Proudman

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Re: &fieldsdir=ra truely random??

2000

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