Re: Editing only the price field in the database

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 21724
interpreted = N
texte = PCS Technical Support wrote:> >Basically, I would like to be able to export everything from our > >off-line database, create a temporary online database with the > >exported info, be able to compare the part numbers in the temporary > >database with the part numbers in the Catalog.db and when it finds > >matching part numbers, replace the price field in the Catalog.db with > >the price in the temporary database. Is it possible to do this using > >WebCat? > > Yes, you can certainly write some 'merge' WebDNA that searches thru an > update database and does a [replace] on your main database with the new > price information. It can take some time for large databases, though. > > But I'd recommend a nice little hybrid instead: keep the price information > *out* of your main Catalog.db, and instead keep a separate SKU/price > database which contains just those two fields. That way you can easily > export just those 2 fields from your offline database, and whenever you > need to find the price of something in your templates, just do a quick > [lookup] in the price database to see its current value. You can even > modify your Formulas.db to automatically pull prices from this alternate > database.Thanks. I like the idea of having a separate db for sku/price. I may decide to go that route. -- -------------------------------------------------------- Mike Eberly Auto Krafters, Inc. P.O. Box 8 522 S. Main Street Broadway, VA 22815 1-800-288-7346 -------------------------------------------------------- Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Editing only the price field in the database (Mike Eberly 1998)
  2. Re: Editing only the price field in the database (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  3. Editing only the price field in the database (Mike Eberly 1998)
PCS Technical Support wrote:> >Basically, I would like to be able to export everything from our > >off-line database, create a temporary online database with the > >exported info, be able to compare the part numbers in the temporary > >database with the part numbers in the Catalog.db and when it finds > >matching part numbers, replace the price field in the Catalog.db with > >the price in the temporary database. Is it possible to do this using > >WebCat? > > Yes, you can certainly write some 'merge' WebDNA that searches thru an > update database and does a [replace] on your main database with the new > price information. It can take some time for large databases, though. > > But I'd recommend a nice little hybrid instead: keep the price information > *out* of your main Catalog.db, and instead keep a separate SKU/price > database which contains just those two fields. That way you can easily > export just those 2 fields from your offline database, and whenever you > need to find the price of something in your templates, just do a quick > [lookup] in the price database to see its current value. You can even > modify your formulas.db to automatically pull prices from this alternate > database.Thanks. I like the idea of having a separate db for sku/price. I may decide to go that route. -- -------------------------------------------------------- Mike Eberly Auto Krafters, Inc. P.O. Box 8 522 S. Main Street Broadway, VA 22815 1-800-288-7346 -------------------------------------------------------- Mike Eberly

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