Re: Assigning new CART number

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 15447
interpreted = N
texte = At 4:18 PM -0800 12/5/97, Kenneth Grome is rumored to have typed: > Cart numbers are NOT always the same number of digits, some are only > 11 or 12 digits long, others are 13 or 14 digits, I've never seen one > that's 15 digits but it's possible.I've gotten 15 digits many times.> You *cannot* insure the uniqueness of a cart value by truncating it > in any manner, so unless you're worried about the aesthetics of being > able to see +e13 at the end of some of your cart value, I would just > leave it alone.Since I'm not too comfortable with the end part of the cart # (which disappears when you click through, leaving it as a long decimal), and I'm also just curious...Why does the number convert to the notation at that length? Is it the MATH context I have it wrapped in? John? Grant?MichaelMichael Winston *By Phone!: (503)/652/8815 x341 Internet Coordinator *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.com Dark Horse Comics, Inc. *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Assigning new CART number (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  2. Re: Assigning new CART number (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  3. Re: Assigning new CART number (Michael Winston 1997)
  4. Re: Assigning new CART number (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  5. Assigning new CART number (Michael Winston 1997)
At 4:18 PM -0800 12/5/97, Kenneth Grome is rumored to have typed: > Cart numbers are NOT always the same number of digits, some are only > 11 or 12 digits long, others are 13 or 14 digits, I've never seen one > that's 15 digits but it's possible.I've gotten 15 digits many times.> You *cannot* insure the uniqueness of a cart value by truncating it > in any manner, so unless you're worried about the aesthetics of being > able to see +e13 at the end of some of your cart value, I would just > leave it alone.Since I'm not too comfortable with the end part of the cart # (which disappears when you click through, leaving it as a long decimal), and I'm also just curious...Why does the number convert to the notation at that length? Is it the MATH context I have it wrapped in? John? Grant?MichaelMichael Winston *By Phone!: (503)/652/8815 x341 Internet Coordinator *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.com Dark Horse Comics, Inc. *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/ Michael Winston

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