Re: Updating Prices in Online Database
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 23343
interpreted = N
texte = Thanks, I will give this a try. Gil Poulsen wrote:> Well, yes, it is completely replacing existing records with new ones. I > misunderstood your question. In your case you would want to use the > replace context instead and just specify the key field (in my example, > it is the sku) and the price field. So assuming that both databases have > fields called [price] and [sku], it would look more like this: > > [search db=newrecords.db&neskudatarq=[blank]&max=8000] > > [FoundItems] > > [Replace db=yourdatabase.db&eqskudatarq=[sku]]price=[price][/Replace] > > [/FoundItems] > >
[numfound] records have been updated per your request. > > [/search] > > The other fields in the database should remain as they are; at least > they do for me, but if you read the docs it says they will be set to > blank, so maybe PCS can clarify this for us. >
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Thanks, I will give this a try. Gil Poulsen wrote:> Well, yes, it is completely replacing existing records with new ones. I > misunderstood your question. In your case you would want to use the > replace context instead and just specify the key field (in my example, > it is the sku) and the price field. So assuming that both databases have > fields called [price] and [sku], it would look more like this: > > [search db=newrecords.db&neskudatarq=[blank]&max=8000] > >
[founditems] > > [Replace db=yourdatabase.db&eqskudatarq=[sku]]price=[price][/Replace] > > [/FoundItems] > >
[numfound] records have been updated per your request. > > [/search] > > The other fields in the database should remain as they are; at least > they do for me, but if you read the docs it says they will be set to > blank, so maybe PCS can clarify this for us. >
Mike Eberly
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