Re: OS X Problem...

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 28934
interpreted = N
texte = >Here's one for ya' > > We have a site that hosts multiple users associated with different >research facilities throughout the US. Each User has access to their >facilities entire section of the database. Each User also has a limited >access to ALL of the data from all the facilities in a combined section of >the web site. The site works just fine on our OS 9 / WebTen / Apache Server >but when we moved to our OS X box we ran into a problem. It is still on our >OS 9 box now and can stay there but we were a bit unnerved buy the problem >with OS X. > > Basically the user logs in and their facility ID is put into a header >field in a shopping cart. As long as they are in their center it uses this >facility ID to show only records from their facility. We use an Orderfile >context to achiever this. Where the problem arises is when the user performs >a search using a range of dates, start/end month(mrFIELDNAMEdata) and >start/end year(xrFIELDNAMEdata). The search returns fine but when the user >selects a link back to the 'main page' of their facility it looses the >information from the cart. All the code is good and it works fine on our OS >9 box but not on the OS X box. The cart does not get deleted, it's still >there in the ShoppingCarts directory. The 'main page' loads with no user >data, it should say: Welcome [title] [last_name], you have [numfound] >records in your facilities database, but instead all the fields are blank >and the [numfound] indicates zero records found. Reloading the page does not >work but Hitting the Back Button until you hit that 'main page' again resets >everything just fine and it works like a charm. It seems that it only fails >when you call the search page. > Any Ideas? Sounds like an OS X bug to me. > What kind of search? If you are using somepage.tpl$search&db=blabla then it will not work. You will have to use Contexts or change your search to somepage.tpl?command=search&db=blabla. I cannot Imagine there being a OSX specific bug.Micheal O Shea Email:micheal@com4u.ch com4u.ch http://www.com4u.ch Breitistrasse 7B PGP key available upon request. CH-5506 Maegenwil Tel: +41 62 896 46 26 Switzerland------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re[2]: HELP: OS X Problem... (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  2. Re[2]: HELP: OS X Problem... (jpeacock@univpress.com 2000)
  3. Re: HELP: OS X Problem... (Mike Davis 2000)
  4. HELP: OS X Problem... (Eric Ridgley 2000)
  5. Re: OS X Problem... (Eric Ridgley 2000)
  6. Re: OS X Problem... (Michael O Shea 2000)
  7. Re: OS X Problem... (Eric Ridgley 2000)
  8. Re: OS X Problem... (Eric Ridgley 2000)
  9. Re: OS X Problem... (Bob Minor 2000)
  10. Re: OS X Problem... (Michael O Shea 2000)
  11. OS X Problem... (Eric Ridgley 2000)
>Here's one for ya' > > We have a site that hosts multiple users associated with different >research facilities throughout the US. Each User has access to their >facilities entire section of the database. Each User also has a limited >access to ALL of the data from all the facilities in a combined section of >the web site. The site works just fine on our OS 9 / WebTen / Apache Server >but when we moved to our OS X box we ran into a problem. It is still on our >OS 9 box now and can stay there but we were a bit unnerved buy the problem >with OS X. > > Basically the user logs in and their facility ID is put into a header >field in a shopping cart. As long as they are in their center it uses this >facility ID to show only records from their facility. We use an Orderfile >context to achiever this. Where the problem arises is when the user performs >a search using a range of dates, start/end month(mrFIELDNAMEdata) and >start/end year(xrFIELDNAMEdata). The search returns fine but when the user >selects a link back to the 'main page' of their facility it looses the >information from the cart. All the code is good and it works fine on our OS >9 box but not on the OS X box. The cart does not get deleted, it's still >there in the ShoppingCarts directory. The 'main page' loads with no user >data, it should say: Welcome [title] [last_name], you have [numfound] >records in your facilities database, but instead all the fields are blank >and the [numfound] indicates zero records found. Reloading the page does not >work but Hitting the Back Button until you hit that 'main page' again resets >everything just fine and it works like a charm. It seems that it only fails >when you call the search page. > Any Ideas? Sounds like an OS X bug to me. > What kind of search? If you are using somepage.tpl$search&db=blabla then it will not work. You will have to use Contexts or change your search to somepage.tpl?command=search&db=blabla. I cannot Imagine there being a OSX specific bug.Micheal O Shea Email:micheal@com4u.ch com4u.ch http://www.com4u.ch Breitistrasse 7B PGP key available upon request. CH-5506 Maegenwil Tel: +41 62 896 46 26 Switzerland------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Michael O Shea

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