Re: New Cart No. on same page
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 47346
interpreted = N
texte = on 1/31/03 3:40 PM, Alex McCombie at alex@newworldmedia.com so noted...> We have used something nearly identical. However I am not sure how the date > and time would turn out if you were generating many many numbers on the same > page (IE: procesed at nearly the same time). At that point you fall back on > the random number to be sufficient (which it probably should be even with > WEBDNA and random seed weirdness).True. I've used it in a loop for making many numbers on a page a single user accesses, or a single number on a page many users access.I'd give pause for thought before using it in a loop to generate many numbers on a page that many users access.> But it seems that if you are doing this within some kind of loop, as the > original post suggests, then the [index] is the perfect answer (applied with > math if you want greater changes in the sequence).What I like about having the date/time as a component is that if you generate numbers in multiple sittings, you don't have to worry about keeping track of the last number used -- the system clock is essentially doing that for you.... but I'm sure there's a little more skin left on the WebCat that could stand to be removed. ; ) Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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on 1/31/03 3:40 PM, Alex McCombie at alex@newworldmedia.com so noted...> We have used something nearly identical. However I am not sure how the date > and time would turn out if you were generating many many numbers on the same > page (IE: procesed at nearly the same time). At that point you fall back on > the random number to be sufficient (which it probably should be even with > WEBDNA and random seed weirdness).True. I've used it in a loop for making many numbers on a page a single user accesses, or a single number on a page many users access.I'd give pause for thought before using it in a loop to generate many numbers on a page that many users access.> But it seems that if you are doing this within some kind of loop, as the > original post suggests, then the [index] is the perfect answer (applied with > math if you want greater changes in the sequence).What I like about having the date/time as a component is that if you generate numbers in multiple sittings, you don't have to worry about keeping track of the last number used -- the system clock is essentially doing that for you.... but I'm sure there's a little more skin left on the WebCat that could stand to be removed. ; ) Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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