Re: Cart Numbers
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 14504
interpreted = N
texte = I have a sort of related question. Where is the cart number assigned? I am trying to bypass having to use both the Entry and Search page, but I can't figure out how to give the customers a cart #. Any helpfull suggestions?As always, thank you for all your help.Janna>>On 10/31/97 WebCatalog assigned Cart # 296028824111745 to one buyer. On >>11/1/97 it assigned to same Cart # to a different buyer. In both cases, I >>was using a modified version of the General Store. > >If someone bookmarks a URL that has a cart# in it, then they will get the >same cart# even months later. Are you sure some other site doesn't have a >URL into your site, and that URL has a cart# in it? > >WebCatalog's cart# is generated by taking the >|date|+|time|+|seconds|+|60ths second|+|incrementing index|. This >guarantees uniqueness unless you reset the clock back and someone happens >to hit the site at exactly the same 60th of a second and incrementing >index is the same. Very unlikely. More likely that someone bookmarked a >page and gave the URL to someone else. ****************************** Janna S. Kohen Big Mind Media L. L. C. http://www.bigmindmedia.com/ janna@bigmindmedia.com
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I have a sort of related question. Where is the cart number assigned? I am trying to bypass having to use both the Entry and Search page, but I can't figure out how to give the customers a cart #. Any helpfull suggestions?As always, thank you for all your help.Janna>>On 10/31/97 WebCatalog assigned Cart # 296028824111745 to one buyer. On >>11/1/97 it assigned to same Cart # to a different buyer. In both cases, I >>was using a modified version of the General Store. > >If someone bookmarks a URL that has a cart# in it, then they will get the >same cart# even months later. Are you sure some other site doesn't have a >URL into your site, and that URL has a cart# in it? > >WebCatalog's cart# is generated by taking the >|date|+|time|+|seconds|+|60ths second|+|incrementing index|. This >guarantees uniqueness unless you reset the clock back and someone happens >to hit the site at exactly the same 60th of a second and incrementing >index is the same. Very unlikely. More likely that someone bookmarked a >page and gave the URL to someone else. ****************************** Janna S. Kohen Big Mind Media L. L. C. http://www.bigmindmedia.com/ janna@bigmindmedia.com
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