Re: cart converting to scientific notation format
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 37911
interpreted = N
texte = Peter Werno wrote: > > I had some cases where it did truncate a couple of digits when > converting to scientific notation. > > i.e. > 3312975437295328145 was transferred to > 3.31297543729533e 18 (just an example). > > So there could arise the problem that you will have 2 customers > receiving the same truncated number if only the last couple of digits > change (i.e. two users visiting the site with only very short delay).If you never try and do anything mathematical with the [cart] value (i.e. treat it as a read only text value), then you should never have any problem.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Peter Werno wrote: > > I had some cases where it did truncate a couple of digits when > converting to scientific notation. > > i.e. > 3312975437295328145 was transferred to > 3.31297543729533e 18 (just an example). > > So there could arise the problem that you will have 2 customers > receiving the same truncated number if only the last couple of digits > change (i.e. two users visiting the site with only very short delay).If you never try and do anything mathematical with the [cart] value (i.e. treat it as a read only text value), then you should never have any problem.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- 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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