Re: forming a SKU
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texte = I believe you are right!Then a curiousity question...Is there any documentation on when WebCat is Switching Thread, or can you force webcat to use 1 thread per page?/Martin >>The only real safe sku would be >> >>[date %Y%m%d][time %h%m%s][showif >>[lastrandom]=[random]][math][random]+[random][/math][/showif][showif >>[lastrandom]![random][lastrandom][/showif][ordersku][productsku][sizeSKU][shap >>eS >>KU][colorSKU] > > >I disagree. >This will not work the way you think it will ... > >You have to remember that the [lastrandom] and [random] tags are relative >to the thread they are called in, they have no connection with any other >threads. Therefore, the same [random] and [lastrandom] values could >theoretically be created at the exact same time in two or more completely >separate threads. > >The most reliable and 'practical' way to create a unique SKU value across >*all* active webcat threads is by using the [cart] tag. That's why >WebCat's internal [cart] calculation code uses date, time *AND* a special >'index' value that's never used in two different threads to generate a >guaranteed-unique [cart] value every time. > >If your goal is to create a unique SKU value that *also* has some code to >indicate size, color, etc. the best solution is to use something like this: > >[cart][size][color][etc] > >Where the size, color, etc. values are simply *appended* to the end of the >guaranteed-unique [cart] value. > >Sincerely, >Ken Grome
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I believe you are right!Then a curiousity question...Is there any documentation on when WebCat is Switching Thread, or can you force webcat to use 1 thread per page?/Martin >>The only real safe sku would be >> >>[date %Y%m%d][time %h%m%s][showif >>[lastrandom]=
[random]]
[math][random]+
[random][/math][/showif][showif >>[lastrandom]!
[random][lastrandom][/showif][ordersku][productsku][sizeSKU][shap >>eS >>KU][colorSKU] > > >I disagree. >This will not work the way you think it will ... > >You have to remember that the [lastrandom] and
[random] tags are relative >to the thread they are called in, they have no connection with any other >threads. Therefore, the same
[random] and [lastrandom] values could >theoretically be created at the exact same time in two or more completely >separate threads. > >The most reliable and 'practical' way to create a unique SKU value across >*all* active webcat threads is by using the
[cart] tag. That's why >WebCat's internal
[cart] calculation code uses date, time *AND* a special >'index' value that's never used in two different threads to generate a >guaranteed-unique
[cart] value every time. > >If your goal is to create a unique SKU value that *also* has some code to >indicate size, color, etc. the best solution is to use something like this: > >
[cart][size][color][etc] > >Where the size, color, etc. values are simply *appended* to the end of the >guaranteed-unique
[cart] value. > >Sincerely, >Ken Grome
Martin Bech
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