Re: Multiple 'Users.db' files not possible
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 15818
interpreted = N
texte = I'm sorry if this has been covered, but I still don't get it. I have a customer who wants to basicallly have their own users.db to see certain info on their shoppable website. Specifically, they have in excess of 5000 dealer customers who will need to log on with their account number and a password to see the dealer pricing info from the website. I really don't think that the only way to do this is to give an admin password to the users.db to my customer, and the idea of 5000 records bloating my primary users.db makes me shiver. I need to find some way of using the protect tag with a custom dealer database which my customer can maintain. Any ideas? Thank You Brian B. Burton---------------------------------------------- Protect your right to own and arm bears. -------------------------------------------------------- ->From: John Hill
->To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com ->Subject: Re: Multiple 'Users.db' files not possible ->Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:44:09 -0800 -> ->Yes, Users.db is a special case that always opens the standard one in the WebCatalog folder no matter where you specify its location. If you want to use your own database it must be named something different. (or add fields to the exisiting database). -> ->John. -> ->>Every time I use the string Users.db in a search, WebCat ignores ->>the path to that particular Users.db file. Instead, WebCat *always* ->>opens the Users.db that's in my WebCatalog folder. ->> ->>This suggests that there's only one Users.db allowed on a WebCat ->>site, and that Users.db is always going to be the one located in the ->>main WebCatalog folder. ->> ->>In my testing, it made no difference whether I used a relative path, ->>or an absolute path, or if I made up a completely bogus path. As long ->>as I was referring to Users.db, the results were exactly the same ->>every time ... WebCat finds the Users.db located in the WebCatalog ->>folder, instead of the one I'm specifying with a different path name. ->> ->>I have tested this feature *ONLY* in context-based searches, I have ->>not tested other situations yet ... but I expect similar results. ->> ->>Of course, I would like WebCat to open a different Users.db when I ->>ask it to -- one that's located in a client's web site folder, for ->>example, so I can test his/her site without making a bunch of changes ->>to my own folder hierarchy every time I switch from one client's ->>project to another. But that's apparently not possible ... :( ->> ->>If my guess is correct about the way this WebCat feature works, then ->>we don't have to worry about telling WebCat where the Users.db is ->>located ... because to WebCatalog, there is only one Users.db, and it ->>already knows where to find it ... :) ->> ->>Sincerely, ->>Ken Grome ->>ken@iav.com ->>808-737-6499 ->>WebDNA Solutions ->>http://www.hui.net/ -> -> -> John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing -> Pacific Coast Software ->eCommerce / Web Developer Tools -> http://www.smithmicro.com -> -> ->
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I'm sorry if this has been covered, but I still don't get it. I have a customer who wants to basicallly have their own users.db to see certain info on their shoppable website. Specifically, they have in excess of 5000 dealer customers who will need to log on with their account number and a password to see the dealer pricing info from the website. I really don't think that the only way to do this is to give an admin password to the users.db to my customer, and the idea of 5000 records bloating my primary users.db makes me shiver. I need to find some way of using the protect tag with a custom dealer database which my customer can maintain. Any ideas? Thank You Brian B. Burton---------------------------------------------- Protect your right to own and arm bears. -------------------------------------------------------- ->From: John Hill ->To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com ->Subject: Re: Multiple 'Users.db' files not possible ->Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:44:09 -0800 -> ->Yes, Users.db is a special case that always opens the standard one in the WebCatalog folder no matter where you specify its location. If you want to use your own database it must be named something different. (or add fields to the exisiting database). -> ->John. -> ->>Every time I use the string Users.db in a search, WebCat ignores ->>the path to that particular Users.db file. Instead, WebCat *always* ->>opens the Users.db that's in my WebCatalog folder. ->> ->>This suggests that there's only one Users.db allowed on a WebCat ->>site, and that Users.db is always going to be the one located in the ->>main WebCatalog folder. ->> ->>In my testing, it made no difference whether I used a relative path, ->>or an absolute path, or if I made up a completely bogus path. As long ->>as I was referring to Users.db, the results were exactly the same ->>every time ... WebCat finds the Users.db located in the WebCatalog ->>folder, instead of the one I'm specifying with a different path name. ->> ->>I have tested this feature *ONLY* in context-based searches, I have ->>not tested other situations yet ... but I expect similar results. ->> ->>Of course, I would like WebCat to open a different Users.db when I ->>ask it to -- one that's located in a client's web site folder, for ->>example, so I can test his/her site without making a bunch of changes ->>to my own folder hierarchy every time I switch from one client's ->>project to another. But that's apparently not possible ... :( ->> ->>If my guess is correct about the way this WebCat feature works, then ->>we don't have to worry about telling WebCat where the Users.db is ->>located ... because to WebCatalog, there is only one Users.db, and it ->>already knows where to find it ... :) ->> ->>Sincerely, ->>Ken Grome ->>ken@iav.com ->>808-737-6499 ->>WebDNA Solutions ->>http://www.hui.net/ -> -> -> John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing -> Pacific Coast Software ->eCommerce / Web Developer Tools -> http://www.smithmicro.com -> -> ->
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