Re: best way to check against old cart #s

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 24942
interpreted = N
texte = >earlier today folks talked about redirecting visitors to a homepage while assigning a fresh cart # when people try to come in from a link that assigns a cart # that has already been used. Ken suggested saving used cart #s in a db that one can use to do a lookup and >see if that cart # has been used. Great. I already save all the cart data into an orders.db. But I am wondering if it is less of a load to do the lookup into another db that saves *only* the used cart number (as opposed to my orders.db which has a few dozen fields >in it). Does it make that much difference?No difference at all. Lookups ignore all but the *one* field you're looking in. Just use the db you already have and you'll be fine ...================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499, http://webdna.net ================================------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go 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 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. best way to check against old cart #s (John Butler 1999)
  2. Re: best way to check against old cart #s (Kenneth Grome 1999)
>earlier today folks talked about redirecting visitors to a homepage while assigning a fresh cart # when people try to come in from a link that assigns a cart # that has already been used. Ken suggested saving used cart #s in a db that one can use to do a lookup and >see if that cart # has been used. Great. I already save all the cart data into an orders.db. But I am wondering if it is less of a load to do the lookup into another db that saves *only* the used cart number (as opposed to my orders.db which has a few dozen fields >in it). Does it make that much difference?No difference at all. Lookups ignore all but the *one* field you're looking in. Just use the db you already have and you'll be fine ...================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499, http://webdna.net ================================------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go 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

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