Re: Cart Numbers
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 14508
interpreted = N
texte = If WebCatalog sees the [cart] tag on a page and there isn't already a cart value found, then a new one is issued automatically.John.>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 John A. Hill Pacific Coast Software http://www.smithmicro.com
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[cart] tag on a page and there isn't already a cart value found, then a new one is issued automatically.John.>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 John A. Hill Pacific Coast Software http://www.smithmicro.com
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