Re: Closing Databases

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 16592
interpreted = N
texte = >You only need to worry if the database in WebCatalog has been modified -- >using something like [Append] [Replace] [Delete], etc. If the database is >'read-only', then simply uploading a new file and then doing a >[CloseDatabase] or [FlushDatabases] will re-read the new file. >I do not see the logic of first updating the database and then flushing/closing the database. When closing the database, what's in memory will be written to disk. If the file on disk is newer, writing to disk what's in memory will write old stuff over the new file just uploaded.How do I make sure that while uploading someone is not just placing an order? John ter Welle ter.welle@lettrix.nl---------------------------------------------------------- -Internet is our business and webcommerce our specialty- Lettrix Grafische Automatisering http://www.lettrix.nl Willem Speelmanhof 27, 3762 JN Soest The Netherlands Phone: +31 35 6036262, Fax: +31 35 6036266 E-mail: ter.welle@lettrix.nl ---------------------------------------------------------- Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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>You only need to worry if the database in WebCatalog has been modified -- >using something like [append] [replace] [delete], etc. If the database is >'read-only', then simply uploading a new file and then doing a >[closedatabase] or [flushdatabases] will re-read the new file. >I do not see the logic of first updating the database and then flushing/closing the database. When closing the database, what's in memory will be written to disk. If the file on disk is newer, writing to disk what's in memory will write old stuff over the new file just uploaded.How do I make sure that while uploading someone is not just placing an order? John ter Welle ter.welle@lettrix.nl---------------------------------------------------------- -Internet is our business and webcommerce our specialty- Lettrix Grafische Automatisering http://www.lettrix.nl Willem Speelmanhof 27, 3762 JN Soest The Netherlands Phone: +31 35 6036262, Fax: +31 35 6036266 E-mail: ter.welle@lettrix.nl ---------------------------------------------------------- Sjoerd Jan ter Welle

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