Re: Search context not finding recent entries

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1998

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 17446
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texte = Yeah, that did it. I think I already knew that, but I went ahead and put inthe wrong tag anyway. Thanks Ken and PCS for setting me straight.Kenneth Grome wrote:> >I'm doing an [appendfile] to a database (offshorelog.db) each time a certain> >page is accessed by a user. When I then search that database using the> >following criteria:> >> >[search db=offshorelog.db&eqaccdatedata=[requesteddate]&accdatetype=date&deaccdatesort=1&deacctimesort=2&max=500]> >> >the most recent access(es) is/are not shown. By recent, I mean before the last> >time the database was closed manually by me. The only way I can get this to> >work is to insert a [closedatabase] tag in each of the pages that the users> >hit. Then this search works as expected.> >> >When I look at the database file on disk with BBEdit, the entries are indeed> >there, since [appendfile] writes to disk immediately. So is the> >[closedatabase] tag always required for something like this, or am I missing a> >tag somewhere?> > I think you're using [appendfile] where you should be using [append].> > [appendfile] is generally used to append data to non-db files, whereas [append] is used to append data directly to WebCatalog db files.> > Try using [append] instead of [appendfile], then the changes will appear *instantly* in your search/results page, because the data will be appended to WebCatalog's RAM-cached copy of that database first, before it is written to disk.-- Gil Poulsen, Webmaster*************************************************************** AltiM@c * Phone: (732) 469-2567 ** 429 St. Giles Court * FAX: (732) 469-5823 ** Somerset, NJ * e-mail: help@altimac.com ** 08873 * WWW: http://www.altimac.com *************************************************************** Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Search context not finding recent entries (Gil Poulsen 1998)
Re: Search context not finding recent entries (PCS Technical Support 1998)
Search context not finding recent entries (Gil Poulsen 1998)

Yeah, that did it. I think I already knew that, but I went ahead and put inthe wrong tag anyway. Thanks Ken and PCS for setting me straight.Kenneth Grome wrote:> >I'm doing an [appendfile] to a database (offshorelog.db) each time a certain> >page is accessed by a user. When I then search that database using the> >following criteria:> >> >[search db=offshorelog.db&eqaccdatedata=[requesteddate]&accdatetype=date&deaccdatesort=1&deacctimesort=2&max=500]> >> >the most recent access(es) is/are not shown. By recent, I mean before the last> >time the database was closed manually by me. The only way I can get this to> >work is to insert a [closedatabase] tag in each of the pages that the users> >hit. Then this search works as expected.> >> >When I look at the database file on disk with BBEdit, the entries are indeed> >there, since [appendfile] writes to disk immediately. So is the> >[closedatabase] tag always required for something like this, or am I missing a> >tag somewhere?> > I think you're using [appendfile] where you should be using [append].> > [appendfile] is generally used to append data to non-db files, whereas [append] is used to append data directly to WebCatalog db files.> > Try using [append] instead of [appendfile], then the changes will appear *instantly* in your search/results page, because the data will be appended to WebCatalog's RAM-cached copy of that database first, before it is written to disk.-- Gil Poulsen, Webmaster*************************************************************** AltiM@c * Phone: (732) 469-2567 ** 429 St. Giles Court * FAX: (732) 469-5823 ** Somerset, NJ * e-mail: help@altimac.com ** 08873 * WWW: http://www.altimac.com *************************************************************** Gil Poulsen

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