Re: Losing Variable Values/Data

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2001

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 37674
interpreted = N
texte = make sure you are passing the cart value in each and EVERY single link on the site (ex. index.tpl?cart=[cart]) ...otherwise the cart is dropped and you will get null fields.I really don't see this being a SmithMicro problem instead I think it might just be a simple developing glitch in your code. I've only seen this happen to me when I forgot to add the ?cart=[cart] on my links.The multiple browser thing sounds like it might be a cache problem with your PC. Try Command+Option+R on a mac and you should be fine, CTRL-SHIFT-R on a PCHope that helps!~Dan------------------------------------------------------------Daniel H. SmithWebDeveloper/WebDesigner Extraordinaire914.669.1187dsmith7@dsmith7.comFor the Skills Go To: www.dsmith7.com For the Love Go To: www.danandsabrina.comFor the Read Go To: www.yeahbabe.org---------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------------From: Mike Rork Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk)Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 14:25:23>Hello>>After searching through the archives before making this post, this is an>issue that was in fact posted awhile ago by another user but it never seemed>to be resolved publicly for the list. I am experiencing the following and>wonder if anyone has any input, advice, suggestions, or for that matter,>clear cut solution.>>Due to the demand of this site, we need this issue resolved we are randomly>losing the contents of the cart. The site isn't dropping the cart *number*>that's being passed from page to page correctly. It's just that on one page>the cart contains order & customer info, etc and on the next page the same>cart has been wiped clean. When I say wiped clean, I mean that WebCat is not>returning the values of my variables that were in the previous page. It is>literally returning the RAW variable (ie: [EMAIL] instead of>email@domain.com)>>This continues for all orders until the web server is restarted, which cures>the problem. It's hard to diagnose since it's so random and the only time we>hear about it is when see many error emails get bounced back to us because>the EMAIL ADDRESS variable value was dropped and is trying to literally send>the email to [EMAIL]. Please note that this happening for about 30>something variable fields and is quite frankly unacceptable and very>frustrating as one would understand why.>>Info: This is happening on SSL pages served on a Mac. I don't know if the>same issue happens on non-secure pages -- I need to test that out the next>time we get the problem. This has been happening for a couple months and is>very frustrating.>>>And here is another issue that may not be related to the previous one.>Please let me know if anyone has heard of this.>>I sporadically receive duplicate ShoppingCart numbers when opening up>multiple browser windows on the same machine trying to access the same>webcatalog page.>>My questions: >Has anyone seen this?>And is this possible if it is not done from the same machine?>>Thanks in advance for comments/solutions,>Mike>>>>------------------------------------------------------------->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/>__________________________________________________D O T E A S Y - Join the web hosting revolution! http://www.doteasy.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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Losing Variable Values/Data (Rob Marquardt 2001)
Re: Losing Variable Values/Data (Daniel Smith 2001)
Losing Variable Values/Data (Mike Rork 2001)

make sure you are passing the cart value in each and EVERY single link on the site (ex. index.tpl?cart=[cart]) ...otherwise the cart is dropped and you will get null fields.I really don't see this being a SmithMicro problem instead I think it might just be a simple developing glitch in your code. I've only seen this happen to me when I forgot to add the ?cart=[cart] on my links.The multiple browser thing sounds like it might be a cache problem with your PC. Try Command+Option+R on a mac and you should be fine, CTRL-SHIFT-R on a PCHope that helps!~Dan------------------------------------------------------------Daniel H. SmithWebDeveloper/WebDesigner Extraordinaire914.669.1187dsmith7@dsmith7.comFor the Skills Go To: www.dsmith7.com For the Love Go To: www.danandsabrina.comFor the Read Go To: www.yeahbabe.org---------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------------From: Mike Rork Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk)Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 14:25:23>Hello>>After searching through the archives before making this post, this is an>issue that was in fact posted awhile ago by another user but it never seemed>to be resolved publicly for the list. I am experiencing the following and>wonder if anyone has any input, advice, suggestions, or for that matter,>clear cut solution.>>Due to the demand of this site, we need this issue resolved we are randomly>losing the contents of the cart. The site isn't dropping the cart *number*>that's being passed from page to page correctly. It's just that on one page>the cart contains order & customer info, etc and on the next page the same>cart has been wiped clean. When I say wiped clean, I mean that WebCat is not>returning the values of my variables that were in the previous page. It is>literally returning the RAW variable (ie: [EMAIL] instead of>email@domain.com)>>This continues for all orders until the web server is restarted, which cures>the problem. It's hard to diagnose since it's so random and the only time we>hear about it is when see many error emails get bounced back to us because>the EMAIL ADDRESS variable value was dropped and is trying to literally send>the email to [EMAIL]. Please note that this happening for about 30>something variable fields and is quite frankly unacceptable and very>frustrating as one would understand why.>>Info: This is happening on SSL pages served on a Mac. I don't know if the>same issue happens on non-secure pages -- I need to test that out the next>time we get the problem. This has been happening for a couple months and is>very frustrating.>>>And here is another issue that may not be related to the previous one.>Please let me know if anyone has heard of this.>>I sporadically receive duplicate ShoppingCart numbers when opening up>multiple browser windows on the same machine trying to access the same>webcatalog page.>>My questions: >Has anyone seen this?>And is this possible if it is not done from the same machine?>>Thanks in advance for comments/solutions,>Mike>>>>------------------------------------------------------------->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/>__________________________________________________D O T E A S Y - Join the web hosting revolution! http://www.doteasy.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/ Daniel Smith

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