Re: WARNING: deletedb anomaly
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 40445
interpreted = N
texte = At 3:17 PM 6/4/02, John Peacock wrote:>Joseph D'Andrea wrote:>>[delete >>db=addresslist.db&neTHEADDRESSdata=find_all&asMAILFLAGsort=1&MAILFLAGt >>ype=num&max=300]>>>>max=300 is not a search parameter;[semantics mode=on]max is a parameter that is used in the search context.docs say you can use /all/ search parameters in delete context.therefore max should work as /I/ expect it to work.[semantics mode=normal] [!] note I never turn semantics off completely [/!];-)No problem with the back up. This is a bulk mailing application. The addresslist.db is created each time the site owner makes a selection of which member types he wants to mail to. We're using a spawn context and looping through the addresslist database [sendmail] to chucks of 300 addresses at a time. We're using [waitforfile] to pause within the loop between chunks of messages.It's no biggie not to have the delete work as /I/ expect it to, because as we create the mailing list records from the master database, we give each record a number, so with some math inside our [loop][search] and using startat, we should be able to get to everyone quite nicely without the deletes.My message was not a bug report, nor a demand for a bug fix, nor a rant, nor a whine... well OK maybe a little whining... just a WARNING to others.--joe____________________________________________________________Joseph D'Andrea ~ http://www.west21.com/ ~ JoeDan@West21.com WEST21.com Internet services for the 21st Century webhosting ~ co-location ~ wireless access WebCat and MGI database programming____________________________________________________________-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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At 3:17 PM 6/4/02, John Peacock wrote:>Joseph D'Andrea wrote:>>[delete >>db=addresslist.db&neTHEADDRESSdata=find_all&asMAILFLAGsort=1&MAILFLAGt >>ype=num&max=300]>>>>max=300 is not a search parameter;[semantics mode=on]max is a parameter that is used in the search context.docs say you can use /all/ search parameters in delete context.therefore max should work as /I/ expect it to work.[semantics mode=normal] [!] note I never turn semantics off completely [/!];-)No problem with the back up. This is a bulk mailing application. The addresslist.db is created each time the site owner makes a selection of which member types he wants to mail to. We're using a spawn context and looping through the addresslist database [sendmail] to chucks of 300 addresses at a time. We're using [waitforfile] to pause within the loop between chunks of messages.It's no biggie not to have the delete work as /I/ expect it to, because as we create the mailing list records from the master database, we give each record a number, so with some math inside our [loop][search] and using startat, we should be able to get to everyone quite nicely without the deletes.My message was not a bug report, nor a demand for a bug fix, nor a rant, nor a whine... well OK maybe a little whining... just a WARNING to others.--joe____________________________________________________________Joseph D'Andrea ~ http://www.west21.com/ ~ JoeDan@West21.com WEST21.com Internet services for the 21st Century webhosting ~ co-location ~ wireless access WebCat and MGI database programming____________________________________________________________-------------------------------------------------------------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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