Re: Date search and sendmail

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 13762
interpreted = N
texte = >3- If your Home Page does *not* get requested at least once a day by >your visitors, you will have to request it yourself. The above WebDNA >only works when someone requests the page it's in.I'd like to add some notes here. Ken has solved two problems at once here:1) How do you search thru a database to find 'aging' records and send email to the ones that match 2) How do you automate this so that it happens on a regular basis without your manual interventionThe trick of putting some execute-once-per-day WebDNA on your home page is a nice way of making sure that things happen without requiring you to remember to execute them.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Date search and sendmail (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  2. Re: Date search and sendmail (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  3. Date search and sendmail (Kevin Furuta 1997)
>3- If your Home Page does *not* get requested at least once a day by >your visitors, you will have to request it yourself. The above WebDNA >only works when someone requests the page it's in.I'd like to add some notes here. Ken has solved two problems at once here:1) How do you search thru a database to find 'aging' records and send email to the ones that match 2) How do you automate this so that it happens on a regular basis without your manual interventionThe trick of putting some execute-once-per-day WebDNA on your home page is a nice way of making sure that things happen without requiring you to remember to execute them.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com Grant Hulbert

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