Re: [REPLACE] inside [FOUNDITEMS]
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 19185
interpreted = N
texte = Maybe Grant can clarify this, but I don't believe that [replace] willchange the [index] values (the positions of the rows in the db), just thevalues in the database.At 4:10 PM 7/29/98, Kenneth Grome wrote:>It is unfortunately still NOT documented, but it is nevertheless a very>BAD practice to use delete or replace contexts inside founditems loops.>The reason has to do with the way the founditems loop works. It uses the>[index] value of the found items in a way that causes it to fail when>*any* of the index values change during the looping process. So, since>replace and delete are the two actions that can change the relative index>values of the items inside the loop, you should NEVER use delete or>replace inside a founditems context.o--------------- Dave MacLeay --+o----------- Digital Frontier --+o--- dave@digitalfrontier.com --+
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Maybe Grant can clarify this, but I don't believe that
[replace] willchange the [index] values (the positions of the rows in the db), just thevalues in the database.At 4:10 PM 7/29/98, Kenneth Grome wrote:>It is unfortunately still NOT documented, but it is nevertheless a very>BAD practice to use delete or replace contexts inside founditems loops.>The reason has to do with the way the founditems loop works. It uses the>[index] value of the found items in a way that causes it to fail when>*any* of the index values change during the looping process. So, since>replace and delete are the two actions that can change the relative index>values of the items inside the loop, you should NEVER use delete or>replace inside a founditems context.o--------------- Dave MacLeay --+o----------- Digital Frontier --+o--- dave@digitalfrontier.com --+
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