Counting downloads

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 16783
interpreted = N
texte = I'm setting up a mechanism whereby visitors with the right name and password can download files from a directory. As they will have a set number of downloads available to them, I would like their record in the database to be decremented by one each time they download a file, but I have no way of knowing if the download was successful. Is there a way to wait until they have completed the download before I trip the counter in the database? Or is there perhaps a better way to handle it?-- Gil Poulsen, Webmaster************************************************************** * AltiM@c * Phone: (732) 469-2567 * * 429 St. Giles Court * FAX: (732) 469-5823 * * Somerset, NJ * e-mail: help@altimac.com * * 08873-4839 * WWW: http://www.altimac.com * ************************************************************** Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Counting downloads (Gil Poulsen 1998)
I'm setting up a mechanism whereby visitors with the right name and password can download files from a directory. As they will have a set number of downloads available to them, I would like their record in the database to be decremented by one each time they download a file, but I have no way of knowing if the download was successful. Is there a way to wait until they have completed the download before I trip the counter in the database? Or is there perhaps a better way to handle it?-- Gil Poulsen, Webmaster************************************************************** * AltiM@c * Phone: (732) 469-2567 * * 429 St. Giles Court * FAX: (732) 469-5823 * * Somerset, NJ * e-mail: help@altimac.com * * 08873-4839 * WWW: http://www.altimac.com * ************************************************************** Gil Poulsen

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