Re: Ticket Ordering Question
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 54980
interpreted = N
texte = When I have several conditions that may qualify or disqualify a chunk of code (as you do, since you need to handle it differently on the first sale day than on later days), I usually perform the tests and set a flag variable indicating whether or not to show the chunk, then do a simple test of the flag variable around the chunk. Something like this: [text]showlink=F[/text] [if {[onsaledate]}<{[date]}] [then] [text]showlink=T[/text] [/then] [else] [if ({[onsaledate]}={[date]}) & ({[onsaletime]}<{[time]})] [then] [text]showlink=T[/text] [/then] [/if] [/else] [/if] [if "[showlink]"="T"] [then] show the link [/then] [else] announce when tickets will be available [/else] [/if] Also, it hasn't been brought up lately on the list, so I'll mention that most experienced DNA'ers store their dates and times as numerical values (e.g. store the [math]{[date]}[/math] value instead of the [date] value) in their databases whenever they can. This makes searches, sorts and comparisons much easier and faster, and you can format the value for display in any way you wish using the [format days_to_date ...] context. - brian On Dec 15, 2003, at 8:38 AM, Patrick J. wrote: > Hi, everyone - > > My customer sells event tickets for their venue. Currently, we > display the event information, and based on the "on sale date" of the > tickets for that event, we display an "Order" link. > > So my current code looks like this: > > [if {[onsaledate]}<{[math date]{[date]}+{00/01/0000}[/math]] > [then] > Here's the ordering link (if several other hideifs and showifs for > various exceptions are met) > [/then] > [else] Single tickets will be available online beginning [onsaledate] > [/else] > [/if] > > This works great. > > However, because there are places other than the website at which > tickets can be ordered, the client has recently requested that we add > an "on sale TIME" field. This way, people hitting the website at > midnight can't get a jump on everyone else, who has to wait until, > say, 10 AM, to order at the box office or other outlet. > > I can't figure out the logic on this. If I were to add a [hideif > [time]<[onsaletime]] exception, then it would run that EVERY DAY, > between midnight and 10 AM. I just really need it to disallow ticket > sales between midnight and 10 am ONLY the first day the tickets go on > sale. After that, they should be available 24 hours a day. > > I'm not very familiar with the [format days_to_date] device, and I'm > not really sure that's even what needs to be used. Does someone have > an idea (or a code snippet) to address this concern that they could > share with me? > > Thanks in advance, > ----- > Patrick Junkroski > http://www.vsm.net > -- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- http://www.brainscansoftware.com -- ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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When I have several conditions that may qualify or disqualify a chunk of code (as you do, since you need to handle it differently on the first sale day than on later days), I usually perform the tests and set a flag variable indicating whether or not to show the chunk, then do a simple test of the flag variable around the chunk. Something like this: [text]showlink=F[/text] [if {[onsaledate]}<{[date]}] [then] [text]showlink=T[/text] [/then] [else] [if ({[onsaledate]}={[date]}) & ({[onsaletime]}<{[time]})] [then] [text]showlink=T[/text] [/then] [/if] [/else] [/if] [if "[showlink]"="T"] [then] show the link [/then] [else] announce when tickets will be available [/else] [/if] Also, it hasn't been brought up lately on the list, so I'll mention that most experienced DNA'ers store their dates and times as numerical values (e.g. store the [math]{[date]}[/math] value instead of the [date] value) in their databases whenever they can. This makes searches, sorts and comparisons much easier and faster, and you can format the value for display in any way you wish using the [format days_to_date ...] context. - brian On Dec 15, 2003, at 8:38 AM, Patrick J. wrote: > Hi, everyone - > > My customer sells event tickets for their venue. Currently, we > display the event information, and based on the "on sale date" of the > tickets for that event, we display an "Order" link. > > So my current code looks like this: > > [if {[onsaledate]}<{[math date]{[date]}+{00/01/0000}[/math]] > [then] > Here's the ordering link (if several other hideifs and showifs for > various exceptions are met) > [/then] > [else] Single tickets will be available online beginning [onsaledate] > [/else] > [/if] > > This works great. > > However, because there are places other than the website at which > tickets can be ordered, the client has recently requested that we add > an "on sale TIME" field. This way, people hitting the website at > midnight can't get a jump on everyone else, who has to wait until, > say, 10 AM, to order at the box office or other outlet. > > I can't figure out the logic on this. If I were to add a [hideif > [time]<[onsaletime]] exception, then it would run that EVERY DAY, > between midnight and 10 AM. I just really need it to disallow ticket > sales between midnight and 10 am ONLY the first day the tickets go on > sale. After that, they should be available 24 hours a day. > > I'm not very familiar with the [format days_to_date] device, and I'm > not really sure that's even what needs to be used. Does someone have > an idea (or a code snippet) to address this concern that they could > share with me? > > Thanks in advance, > ----- > Patrick Junkroski > http://www.vsm.net > -- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- http://www.brainscansoftware.com -- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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