Re: CART question

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 59995
interpreted = N
texte = I'm not clear about the limitations of autonumber. Can you elaborate? I thought autonumber would have been a good choice (relational or not). Once the number is assigned, that's it. Am I missing something? Bill -----Original Message----- From: Donovan Brooke Sent: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:15:08 -0600 To: "WebDNA Talk" Subject: Re: CART question It is easiest to do a consecutive number for ID's. However, if its used in a relational database scheme, I would use a globabl ID and not "Autonumber". Donovan Patrick J. wrote: > Hi, everyone. > > I'm using [cart] to assign a unique identifier for a membership program. > It is immediately recorded in a db, and will only be recalled through > standard search and lookup functions, never again by the [cart] tag. > > The client is concerned that 15 numbers is too long for the membership > ID. Would it be a bad thing to, say, [getchars] on the last 8 numbers > of the [cart] before storing it in the db? Are those 8 numbers always > different under the algorithm WebDNA uses, or is it still possible to > end up with a duplicate number if I don't use the whole [cart] value? > > Anyone know? > > TIA > ----- > Patrick Junkroski > http://www.vsm.net -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <- Graphic Design, Custom Tags and Labels -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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I'm not clear about the limitations of autonumber. Can you elaborate? I thought autonumber would have been a good choice (relational or not). Once the number is assigned, that's it. Am I missing something? Bill -----Original Message----- From: Donovan Brooke Sent: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:15:08 -0600 To: "WebDNA Talk" Subject: Re: CART question It is easiest to do a consecutive number for ID's. However, if its used in a relational database scheme, I would use a globabl ID and not "Autonumber". Donovan Patrick J. wrote: > Hi, everyone. > > I'm using [cart] to assign a unique identifier for a membership program. > It is immediately recorded in a db, and will only be recalled through > standard search and lookup functions, never again by the [cart] tag. > > The client is concerned that 15 numbers is too long for the membership > ID. Would it be a bad thing to, say, [getchars] on the last 8 numbers > of the [cart] before storing it in the db? Are those 8 numbers always > different under the algorithm WebDNA uses, or is it still possible to > end up with a duplicate number if I don't use the whole [cart] value? > > Anyone know? > > TIA > ----- > Patrick Junkroski > http://www.vsm.net -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <- Graphic Design, Custom Tags and Labels -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ devaulw@onebox.com

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