Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17738
interpreted = N
texte = Bob Mosebar changed the universe:> I was informed by my partner that we are using the plug-in, not the cgi. > I'm a little concerned because our customer may upload a new dataset > several times a day. Will that create a problem for our other accounts > running on the same server?To make it clear: the upload itself has nothing to do with WebCat. It is a simple ftp upload to a certain folder. I think you have more ftp uploads a day - so two or three more will not count. WebCat starts working when it encounters a file in the special folder. > We tried to get our customer to do this online but the data is already > being entered into Filemaker Pro...This is usual and far better than building a database with some funny editor like Word or Excel ;-) FileMaker guarantees a valid export file every time and you don't get unusable data onto your server. Be happy! >...and they don't want to enter it twice.They would be crazy... Let them upload the complete file every time: less work for the web-interface, no troubles synchronizing the web database with a local one (!), all responsibility for data integrity at the customer side. Best choice. > This is political candidate data and extremely sensitive to even the > slightest mistakes. Are you sure? Peter __________________________________________ Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Mike Heininger 1998)
  2. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  3. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  4. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Britt T. 1998)
  5. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  6. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Britt T. 1998)
  7. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  8. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Britt T. 1998)
  9. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  10. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  11. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  12. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Bob Mosebar 1998)
  13. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  14. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  15. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Bob Mosebar 1998)
  16. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  17. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  18. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  19. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  20. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Bob Mosebar 1998)
  21. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Bob Mosebar 1998)
  22. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Britt T. 1998)
  23. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  24. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  25. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  26. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Bob Mosebar 1998)
  27. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  28. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  29. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  30. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  31. Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Bob Mosebar 1998)
Bob Mosebar changed the universe:> I was informed by my partner that we are using the plug-in, not the cgi. > I'm a little concerned because our customer may upload a new dataset > several times a day. Will that create a problem for our other accounts > running on the same server?To make it clear: the upload itself has nothing to do with WebCat. It is a simple ftp upload to a certain folder. I think you have more ftp uploads a day - so two or three more will not count. WebCat starts working when it encounters a file in the special folder. > We tried to get our customer to do this online but the data is already > being entered into Filemaker Pro...This is usual and far better than building a database with some funny editor like Word or Excel ;-) FileMaker guarantees a valid export file every time and you don't get unusable data onto your server. Be happy! >...and they don't want to enter it twice.They would be crazy... Let them upload the complete file every time: less work for the web-interface, no troubles synchronizing the web database with a local one (!), all responsibility for data integrity at the customer side. Best choice. > This is political candidate data and extremely sensitive to even the > slightest mistakes. Are you sure? Peter __________________________________________ Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21 Peter Ostry

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