Re: Expected behavior?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 20478
interpreted = N
texte = >What would you expect webcatalog to do when the xxx.db file has 21 fields >in it, but the xxx.hdr file has only 20 fields? > >Would you expect the last field in the database to simply be ignored >because there's no header field for that database field? Or would the >missing header field cause webcat to parse the database incorrectly in >some or all situations, thus resulting in some bizarre responses in a >search?You can never *count on* good behavior with bad data, but WebCatalog certainly attempts to force the columns to match up. In this case we try to collapse all remaining data on a line into the last known field from the .hdr -- so field20 = data20
data21.When there are more headers, it tries to make the extra fields blank (empty). But it's difficult to predict what it would do if you tried to modify those fields.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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>What would you expect webcatalog to do when the xxx.db file has 21 fields >in it, but the xxx.hdr file has only 20 fields? > >Would you expect the last field in the database to simply be ignored >because there's no header field for that database field? Or would the >missing header field cause webcat to parse the database incorrectly in >some or all situations, thus resulting in some bizarre responses in a >search?You can never *count on* good behavior with bad data, but WebCatalog certainly attempts to force the columns to match up. In this case we try to collapse all remaining data on a line into the last known field from the .hdr -- so field20 = data20data21.When there are more headers, it tries to make the extra fields blank (empty). But it's difficult to predict what it would do if you tried to modify those fields.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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