Re: where's Formulas.db?
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 36989
interpreted = N
texte = Brian Wachter wrote: > > I must be brain dead... where is the master Formulas.db located? I'm > using WebStar 4.4, MacOS-9.1, and WebCat 4.02rc1. I want to create my own > Formulas.db and was going to copy the master as a place to start, but a > search on my drive only found ones in the storeBuilder folders. My > SubTotals are being calculated, so it must be there somewhere. I thought > it was in WebStar:cgi-bin:WebCatalogEngine:Globals, but it's not.There is no master Formulas.db; it is specific to each site (for obvious reasons, if you think about it). It needs to live in whatever folder is used to add items to the shopping cart. The Formulas.db has nothing to do with SubTotal at all; it is only required if you want something other than Price=[price from the primary database], etc.This said, it would be nice of SMSI to finally allow us to use our own Formulas.db for values other than Price, unitShipCost, Taxable, etc. [quadratic file=^myformulas.db&parm1=[x]&parm2=[y]]returns x**2 + y**2or whatever. WebCat should be smart enough to recognize that any keyword that does not match one of its own must be a formula listed in the file ^myformulas.db (in that case).HTHJohn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Brian Wachter wrote: > > I must be brain dead... where is the master formulas.db located? I'm > using WebStar 4.4, MacOS-9.1, and WebCat 4.02rc1. I want to create my own > formulas.db and was going to copy the master as a place to start, but a > search on my drive only found ones in the storeBuilder folders. My > SubTotals are being calculated, so it must be there somewhere. I thought > it was in WebStar:cgi-bin:WebCatalogEngine:Globals, but it's not.There is no master formulas.db; it is specific to each site (for obvious reasons, if you think about it). It needs to live in whatever folder is used to add items to the shopping cart. The formulas.db has nothing to do with SubTotal at all; it is only required if you want something other than Price=[price from the primary database], etc.This said, it would be nice of SMSI to finally allow us to use our own formulas.db for values other than Price, unitShipCost, Taxable, etc. [quadratic file=^myformulas.db&parm1=[x]&parm2=[y]]returns x**2 + y**2or whatever. WebCat should be smart enough to recognize that any keyword that does not match one of its own must be a formula listed in the file ^myformulas.db (in that case).HTHJohn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- 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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