Re: trouble updating records in database
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 19079
interpreted = N
texte = >I also have databases without a SKU field. I just thought it would be >nice to have automatic unique fields. Is it not a problem to be solved, >but rather a possible nice feature.I agree. If there were a new preference called something like UniqueFieldNames, then we could name one or several fields -- to be used in ANY db where we might need them to have unique values -- and those fields would ALWAYS be checked in every append and replace action.Of course, that means we would also need a new record in the errormessages.db that tells WebCatalog what to do when the append or replace fails because of an attempted duplicate value ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
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>I also have databases without a SKU field. I just thought it would be >nice to have automatic unique fields. Is it not a problem to be solved, >but rather a possible nice feature.I agree. If there were a new preference called something like UniqueFieldNames, then we could name one or several fields -- to be used in ANY db where we might need them to have unique values -- and those fields would ALWAYS be checked in every append and replace action.Of course, that means we would also need a new record in the errormessages.db that tells WebCatalog what to do when the append or replace fails because of an attempted duplicate value ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
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