Re: [WebDNA] maybe silly suggestion? [founditems]
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I already do something similar with a preparse function to store things like= properly formatted dates for 1 day, 1 month, 30 minute, 1 year, etc. cookie= s. Is this something along that line, setting variables from a db in a prepa= rse script? Sent from my iPad > On Jan 15, 2015, at 7:23 AM, Donovan Brooke
wrote: >=20 > I guess I don=E2=80=99t understand these =E2=80=9Cimprovements=E2=80=9D be= ing made on whim. >=20 > *constants* (static variables) are a staple feature of any language and We= bDNA already has them.. yes, surviving a reboot. >=20 > What=E2=80=99s the big mystery here? >=20 > Donovan >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >> On Jan 15, 2015, at 2:46 AM, christophe.billiottet@webdna.us wrote: >>=20 >> I find the idea interesting. There is quite nothing in WebDNA that cannot= be done with a little bit of creativity, but if a tag (or "codon" to stick w= ith biological language) can simplify coding, then I am for it. >>=20 >> The following is for debate: >>=20 >> We are currently working to add a simple tag that stores variables perman= ently (8.0.3), something that reminds me the Hewlett Packard way of permanen= tly storing variables (back in 1978) on a hp29c (named "Continuous Memory").= This has to survive a reboot, and the variable and the name should be as lo= ng as wanted and it would save the hassle of writing the code to save those i= n a database. However, to avoid "overheating", we would have only one name p= er variable, meaning that if you store name3 as "pink", and you later store n= ame3 as "black", then only the last value will remain and "pink" will be ove= rwritten by "black" >>=20 >> The process will use [sto] and [rcl] (for store and recall) + the name of= the variable + the variable itself >>=20 >> There would be four possible ways to describe such a feature: >>=20 >> [sto name=3Dvariable] >> [sto name]variable[/sto] >> [sto]name=3Dvariable[/sto] >> [sto]name1=3Dvariable1,name2=3Dvariable2,name3=3Dvariable3[/sto] >>=20 >> The last one it obviously better as it allows to store multiple variables= and use long names, if requested. >>=20 >> Recall would work individually: [rcl name2] so we can just get the codon r= eplaced by the variable. >>=20 >> It should be possible from here to build a [stofounditems] within a [sear= ch][/search] cell, but we would need first a [listfounditems] and it could b= ring up a *lot* of data in certain cases, as founditems works like a loop. S= econd, the names will be identical: Imagine a db with 100,000 entries from 1= to 100,000 >>=20 >> [search db=3Dallthethings.db&grnamedata=3D1] >> [founditems] >> [name]=3D[variable] >> [/founditems] >> [/search] >>=20 >> Any idea welcomed there. >>=20 >> Then we could have a [rclfounditems] >>=20 >> Giving a name as Brian suggests, like [stofounditems name=3Dpeoplenamedda= ve] would be complicated: it would mean to create a global name that would c= ontains an unlimited number of names and variables. >>=20 >>=20 >> Well, these are just ideas that go through my head. Debate welcomed. >>=20 >> - chris >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>> On 14 Jan 2015, at 23:57, Brian Burton wrote: >>>=20 >>> to help separate my controller logic from my display code it would be aw= esome to have a shortcut like: >>> [search db=3Dallthethings.db&blahblahblah][savefounditems name=3Dpeoplen= ameddave][/search] >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> then later in the page, where i=E2=80=99m rendering the html >>> [displayfounditems use=3Dpeoplenameddave] html things [/displayfounditem= s] >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> I know it looks like it=E2=80=99s not saving that much code, but I can s= ee switching which search I want in the controller, and still being able to u= se a universal founditems loop lower in the code. Also the ability to reuse s= earch results (if needed) without doing the same search again.=20 >>>=20 >>> ok, feel free to start telling me how you can do this with a table (you=E2= =80=99re missing the point) or how we don=E2=80=99t need more tags or whatev= er :)=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> -Brian B. Burton >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>=20 >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us
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I already do something similar with a preparse function to store things like= properly formatted dates for 1 day, 1 month, 30 minute, 1 year, etc. cookie= s. Is this something along that line, setting variables from a db in a prepa= rse script? Sent from my iPad > On Jan 15, 2015, at 7:23 AM, Donovan Brooke wrote: >=20 > I guess I don=E2=80=99t understand these =E2=80=9Cimprovements=E2=80=9D be= ing made on whim. >=20 > *constants* (static variables) are a staple feature of any language and We= bDNA already has them.. yes, surviving a reboot. >=20 > What=E2=80=99s the big mystery here? >=20 > Donovan >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >> On Jan 15, 2015, at 2:46 AM, christophe.billiottet@webdna.us wrote: >>=20 >> I find the idea interesting. There is quite nothing in WebDNA that cannot= be done with a little bit of creativity, but if a tag (or "codon" to stick w= ith biological language) can simplify coding, then I am for it. >>=20 >> The following is for debate: >>=20 >> We are currently working to add a simple tag that stores variables perman= ently (8.0.3), something that reminds me the Hewlett Packard way of permanen= tly storing variables (back in 1978) on a hp29c (named "Continuous Memory").= This has to survive a reboot, and the variable and the name should be as lo= ng as wanted and it would save the hassle of writing the code to save those i= n a database. However, to avoid "overheating", we would have only one name p= er variable, meaning that if you store name3 as "pink", and you later store n= ame3 as "black", then only the last value will remain and "pink" will be ove= rwritten by "black" >>=20 >> The process will use [sto] and [rcl] (for store and recall) + the name of= the variable + the variable itself >>=20 >> There would be four possible ways to describe such a feature: >>=20 >> [sto name=3Dvariable] >> [sto name]variable[/sto] >> [sto]name=3Dvariable[/sto] >> [sto]name1=3Dvariable1,name2=3Dvariable2,name3=3Dvariable3[/sto] >>=20 >> The last one it obviously better as it allows to store multiple variables= and use long names, if requested. >>=20 >> Recall would work individually: [rcl name2] so we can just get the codon r= eplaced by the variable. >>=20 >> It should be possible from here to build a [stofounditems] within a [sear= ch][/search] cell, but we would need first a [listfounditems] and it could b= ring up a *lot* of data in certain cases, as founditems works like a loop. S= econd, the names will be identical: Imagine a db with 100,000 entries from 1= to 100,000 >>=20 >> [search db=3Dallthethings.db&grnamedata=3D1] >> [founditems] >> [name]=3D[variable] >> [/founditems] >> [/search] >>=20 >> Any idea welcomed there. >>=20 >> Then we could have a [rclfounditems] >>=20 >> Giving a name as Brian suggests, like [stofounditems name=3Dpeoplenamedda= ve] would be complicated: it would mean to create a global name that would c= ontains an unlimited number of names and variables. >>=20 >>=20 >> Well, these are just ideas that go through my head. Debate welcomed. >>=20 >> - chris >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>> On 14 Jan 2015, at 23:57, Brian Burton wrote: >>>=20 >>> to help separate my controller logic from my display code it would be aw= esome to have a shortcut like: >>> [search db=3Dallthethings.db&blahblahblah][savefounditems name=3Dpeoplen= ameddave][/search] >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> then later in the page, where i=E2=80=99m rendering the html >>> [displayfounditems use=3Dpeoplenameddave] html things [/displayfounditem= s] >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> I know it looks like it=E2=80=99s not saving that much code, but I can s= ee switching which search I want in the controller, and still being able to u= se a universal founditems loop lower in the code. Also the ability to reuse s= earch results (if needed) without doing the same search again.=20 >>>=20 >>> ok, feel free to start telling me how you can do this with a table (you=E2= =80=99re missing the point) or how we don=E2=80=99t need more tags or whatev= er :)=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> -Brian B. Burton >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>=20 >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us
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