Re: [cart]'s ever get recycled?
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 31687
interpreted = N
texte = No, that's not necessarily true. In fact, the only time this would have to be true is if there is some pre-determined number of digits in the cart value -- but there does not seem to be any such limitation.Example: If the first section of the cart value were 2000 (for cart values created this year), then what's to stop the cart value from beginning with 2500 in 500 years, or 10000 in 8000 years, or 102000 in one hundred thousand years? Nothing I can think of ...>But there must be a finite number so that at one stage, if you get >enough traffic, they will recycle ? >-- >Stuart Tremain > >Digital Imaging Division >The Ad-Libitum Group >48 Victoria Street >North Sydney 2060 Australia >Phone: +612 9959 5633 Fax: +612 9929 4146 > >email: stuartt@adlib.com.au >http://www.adlib.com.au > >On Thursday, 29 June 1939, Kenneth Grome
wrote: >>Cart values can be as short as 10 or 11 digits, they are not all the >>same length so please do not rely on their being the same length ... >>:) >> >>>The carts are 14 digit numbers, they must restart eventually ..... >>> >>>I will take a while though. >>>-- >>>Stuart Tremain >>> >>>Digital Imaging Division >>>The Ad-Libitum Group >>>48 Victoria Street >>>North Sydney 2060 Australia >>>Phone: +612 9959 5633 Fax: +612 9929 4146 >>> >>>email: stuartt@adlib.com.au >>>http://www.adlib.com.au >>> >>>On Thursday, 29 June 1939, John Butler wrote: >>>>someone suggested to me that [cart] values can actually get >>>>recycled on the same server >>>>after some long time. My understanding was that they were *always* >>>>unique even after >>>>many years or indefinately... >>>> >>>>right? >>>> >>>> >>>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>>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 >>> >> >> >> >>================================ >>Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant >>808-737-6499 http://webdna.net >>================================ >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>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 >> >> > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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 >================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499 http://webdna.net ================================------------------------------------------------------------- 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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No, that's not necessarily true. In fact, the only time this would have to be true is if there is some pre-determined number of digits in the cart value -- but there does not seem to be any such limitation.Example: If the first section of the cart value were 2000 (for cart values created this year), then what's to stop the cart value from beginning with 2500 in 500 years, or 10000 in 8000 years, or 102000 in one hundred thousand years? Nothing I can think of ...>But there must be a finite number so that at one stage, if you get >enough traffic, they will recycle ? >-- >Stuart Tremain > >Digital Imaging Division >The Ad-Libitum Group >48 Victoria Street >North Sydney 2060 Australia >Phone: +612 9959 5633 Fax: +612 9929 4146 > >email: stuartt@adlib.com.au >http://www.adlib.com.au > >On Thursday, 29 June 1939, Kenneth Grome wrote: >>Cart values can be as short as 10 or 11 digits, they are not all the >>same length so please do not rely on their being the same length ... >>:) >> >>>The carts are 14 digit numbers, they must restart eventually ..... >>> >>>I will take a while though. >>>-- >>>Stuart Tremain >>> >>>Digital Imaging Division >>>The Ad-Libitum Group >>>48 Victoria Street >>>North Sydney 2060 Australia >>>Phone: +612 9959 5633 Fax: +612 9929 4146 >>> >>>email: stuartt@adlib.com.au >>>http://www.adlib.com.au >>> >>>On Thursday, 29 June 1939, John Butler wrote: >>>>someone suggested to me that [cart] values can actually get >>>>recycled on the same server >>>>after some long time. My understanding was that they were *always* >>>>unique even after >>>>many years or indefinately... >>>> >>>>right? >>>> >>>> >>>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>>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 >>> >> >> >> >>================================ >>Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant >>808-737-6499 http://webdna.net >>================================ >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>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 >> >> > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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 >================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499 http://webdna.net ================================------------------------------------------------------------- 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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