Re: Custom formulas.db

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 21860
interpreted = N
texte = >>A long time ago Grant told me (as I recall) that all the formulas stored >>in the formulas.db would be interpreted without having to use the >>[interpret] context. > >The assumption there was all the *pre-defined* formulas would be >automatically interpreted by WebCatalog. Any extra stuff you stick in that >database will be ignored by the shopping cart eCommerce calculations. > >The 5 formulas WebCatalog cares about are the same 5 as in the docs, under >File Formats/FormulasThanks for the clarification Grant! :)My question to you during the 2.x beta cycle was *not* referring only to those 5 formulas, I was asking about *any* formula placed into that db -- thus the reason for my belief that all formula in that db would be interpreted, no matter what.Apparently there is no difference whatsoever between the formulas.db and any other db. Only when webcat sees one of those five *pre-defined* eCommerce tags inside an orderfile context does anything 'special' happen with regard to the formulas.db ...Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Custom formulas.db (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  2. Re: Custom formulas.db (Tim Taylor 1998)
  3. Re: Custom formulas.db (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  4. Re: Custom formulas.db (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  5. Re: Custom formulas.db (Tim Taylor 1998)
  6. Re: Custom formulas.db (Grant Hulbert 1998)
  7. Re: Custom formulas.db (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  8. Re: Custom formulas.db (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  9. Re: Custom formulas.db (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  10. Re: Custom formulas.db (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  11. Custom formulas.db (Tim Taylor 1998)
>>A long time ago Grant told me (as I recall) that all the formulas stored >>in the formulas.db would be interpreted without having to use the >>[interpret] context. > >The assumption there was all the *pre-defined* formulas would be >automatically interpreted by WebCatalog. Any extra stuff you stick in that >database will be ignored by the shopping cart eCommerce calculations. > >The 5 formulas WebCatalog cares about are the same 5 as in the docs, under >File Formats/FormulasThanks for the clarification Grant! :)My question to you during the 2.x beta cycle was *not* referring only to those 5 formulas, I was asking about *any* formula placed into that db -- thus the reason for my belief that all formula in that db would be interpreted, no matter what.Apparently there is no difference whatsoever between the formulas.db and any other db. Only when webcat sees one of those five *pre-defined* eCommerce tags inside an orderfile context does anything 'special' happen with regard to the formulas.db ...Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Kenneth Grome

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