Re: How do I get multiple unique numbers on one template?
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 33729
interpreted = N
texte = Yuck!I already know all those methods.You still can't guarantee uniqueness that way, with multiple hits at the same time from different places . . .otherwise you wouldn't have come up with the cart concept.Anyone else think that a tag called [unique] based on the cart concept would be cool?ml> >How do I get multiple unique numbers without worrying that [cart] >>will give them in the future? I would rather not add an alpha >>character if possible and adding numbers to the cart doesn't >>guarantee that they will be unique in the future. > >What are you trying to accomplish? If you're trying to create >several records in a database with unique sku values, then there are >ways to do that, such as incrementing the highest-found item in the >database each time. > >You could also tack on an underscore, like [cart]_[nextnumber] and >increment [nextnumber] when necessary. > >Technical Support ********************************** >Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | eCommerce (WebCatalog) >16855 West Bernardo Drive, #380 | ------------------------- >San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development >WebCatalog Support: (858) 675-0632 | http://www.smithmicro.com > Fax: (858) 675-0372 ********************************** > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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Yuck!I already know all those methods.You still can't guarantee uniqueness that way, with multiple hits at the same time from different places . . .otherwise you wouldn't have come up with the cart concept.Anyone else think that a tag called [unique] based on the cart concept would be cool?ml> >How do I get multiple unique numbers without worrying that [cart] >>will give them in the future? I would rather not add an alpha >>character if possible and adding numbers to the cart doesn't >>guarantee that they will be unique in the future. > >What are you trying to accomplish? If you're trying to create >several records in a database with unique sku values, then there are >ways to do that, such as incrementing the highest-found item in the >database each time. > >You could also tack on an underscore, like [cart]_[nextnumber] and >increment [nextnumber] when necessary. > >Technical Support ********************************** >Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | eCommerce (WebCatalog) >16855 West Bernardo Drive, #380 | ------------------------- >San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development >WebCatalog Support: (858) 675-0632 | http://www.smithmicro.com > Fax: (858) 675-0372 ********************************** > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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 >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/-- \|/ (. .) _________________________ooO_(_)_Ooo_____________________________ Mark Lacas mailto:mark@lacas.com Virtual Loft / Seattle HarborCam: http://www.loftcam.com/ SeattleStuff WebCommerce Community: http://www.seattlestuff.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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