Re: Cleaning up all the shopping carts
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 27141
interpreted = N
texte = See an older post I saved from a few weeks ago below (thanks to Micheal O Shea for the code) -JohnBrian Boegershausen wrote:> Not sure if that is a bug or a bad setting, but your easiest solution is to > put a [deletefile file=shoppingcarts/[cart]] > at the bottom of the thankyou page. The shoppingcart has already become an > order so unless you like to keep them on file for a few days, you might as > well force it to delete. It keeps your files down. If you do like to keep > them on file for a bit, set up a trigger to manually delete carts that are > over a few days old. > > Brian Boegershausen > WebCatalog Programmer > www.orderbywire.com > ->that is my understanding. But I am also experiencing that cart >files never get deleted >from the ShoppingCarts folder... even after days. Maybe it is a >bug. ? I am finding >this phenomenon with Linux webcat 3.06. Others with this also on >unix? In december Grant >(head engineer for webcat) asked the beta list for a quick >workaround for getting rid of >old shoppingcart files. He said one of his clients on unix had the >same problem we are. >So I assume it is a bug that he hasn't had time to deal with. > >-John Butler > AH HA, SO I am not the only one with this problem. Yes on our MacOSX Servers the shopping carts never get Deleted. This has been mentioned to SM / PCS several times but they have no Solution for it. SO Every night I run this trigger to delete them.Trigger calls this page.[Protect ADMIN] [Text]del_date=[Math]{[Date]}[/Math][/Text] [ListFiles ../../] [Showif [IsFolder]=T] [Include del_carts.inc][/Showif] [/ListFiles]This is the include file that is used,[ListFiles [FullPath]] [Showif [FileName]=ShoppingCarts] [ListFiles [FullPath]][Showif [Math]{[CreateDate]}[/Math]![del_date]][DELETEFILE file=[FullPath]][/Showif][/ListFiles][/Showif] [Hideif [FileName]=ShoppingCarts][Showif [IsFolder]=T] [Include del_carts.inc][/Showif][/Hideif] [/ListFiles] Bear in mind that this is recursive and will decend into all your folders! Hope this is useful for someone.Micheal O Shea Email:micheal@com4u.ch com4u.ch http://www.com4u.ch Breitistrasse 7B PGP key available upon request.CH-5506 Maegenwil Tel: +41 62 896 46 26 Switzerland------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to
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See an older post I saved from a few weeks ago below (thanks to Micheal O Shea for the code) -JohnBrian Boegershausen wrote:> Not sure if that is a bug or a bad setting, but your easiest solution is to > put a [deletefile file=shoppingcarts/[cart]] > at the bottom of the thankyou page. The shoppingcart has already become an > order so unless you like to keep them on file for a few days, you might as > well force it to delete. It keeps your files down. If you do like to keep > them on file for a bit, set up a trigger to manually delete carts that are > over a few days old. > > Brian Boegershausen > WebCatalog Programmer > www.orderbywire.com > ->that is my understanding. But I am also experiencing that cart >files never get deleted >from the ShoppingCarts folder... even after days. Maybe it is a >bug. ? I am finding >this phenomenon with Linux webcat 3.06. Others with this also on >unix? In december Grant >(head engineer for webcat) asked the beta list for a quick >workaround for getting rid of >old shoppingcart files. He said one of his clients on unix had the >same problem we are. >So I assume it is a bug that he hasn't had time to deal with. > >-John Butler > AH HA, SO I am not the only one with this problem. Yes on our MacOSX Servers the shopping carts never get Deleted. This has been mentioned to SM / PCS several times but they have no Solution for it. SO Every night I run this trigger to delete them.Trigger calls this page.[Protect ADMIN] [text]del_date=[math]{[date]}[/Math][/Text] [ListFiles ../../] [Showif [IsFolder]=T] [Include del_carts.inc][/Showif] [/ListFiles]This is the include file that is used,[ListFiles [FullPath]] [Showif [FileName]=ShoppingCarts] [ListFiles [FullPath]][Showif [math]{[CreateDate]}[/Math]![del_date]][DELETEFILE file=[FullPath]][/Showif][/ListFiles][/Showif] [Hideif [FileName]=ShoppingCarts][Showif [IsFolder]=T] [Include del_carts.inc][/Showif][/Hideif] [/ListFiles] Bear in mind that this is recursive and will decend into all your folders! Hope this is useful for someone.Micheal O Shea Email:micheal@com4u.ch com4u.ch http://www.com4u.ch Breitistrasse 7B PGP key available upon request.CH-5506 Maegenwil Tel: +41 62 896 46 26 Switzerland------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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