Re: Price Not Appearing SOLUTION
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 28519
interpreted = N
texte = I finally found the problem. It's in the Formulas.db.I modified the TeaRoom example to suit my own needs, but was careful not to change the WebDNA stuff. During the process, I created a new database and named it pol.db. I then told PageSpinner (a cool shareware HTML editor) to look in all of my files and change everything named TeaRoom.db to pol.db so that the tpl pages would look for the new database. It did so PDQ. What could go wrong?What I didn't do is look in the Formulas.db. I never changed the formula in the example to tell it to use pol.db instead of TeaRoom.db. Once I found that oversight, everything works well. Duh!> Today, when an item is added to the shopping cart, [Price] comes from the > formulas.db ( and the default formula is to lookup the price from the item > database itself ). This way, you can do whatever magic you want to the price > at the time the item is entered into the shopping cart, at which point THE PRICE IS NOW SET. Sorry for yelling, but some people seem to be missing this clue.John, you're absolutely correct in your analysis, but I didn't recognize that I needed to revise the Formulas.db given in the example. Yell a bit louder next time, will ya? Leave out the implicit comments, too. Something explicit like, Look at the *&$^$! Formulas.db, you $%&^$%! newbie! would get my attention quicker.Ken was right to question the viability of my database. That's certainly hitting the target, if not the bullseye.If anyone had known that I had changed the name of the database from TeaRoom.db to pol.db, they would likely have deduced the cause of the problem more accurately.I will continue asking my remaining 876 questions about WebDNA after I've completed my self-imposed sentence of spending the weekend with Linda Tripp.Thanks to all who tried to help, Glenn ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to
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I finally found the problem. It's in the formulas.db.I modified the TeaRoom example to suit my own needs, but was careful not to change the WebDNA stuff. During the process, I created a new database and named it pol.db. I then told PageSpinner (a cool shareware HTML editor) to look in all of my files and change everything named TeaRoom.db to pol.db so that the tpl pages would look for the new database. It did so PDQ. What could go wrong?What I didn't do is look in the formulas.db. I never changed the formula in the example to tell it to use pol.db instead of TeaRoom.db. Once I found that oversight, everything works well. Duh!> Today, when an item is added to the shopping cart, [Price] comes from the > formulas.db ( and the default formula is to lookup the price from the item > database itself ). This way, you can do whatever magic you want to the price > at the time the item is entered into the shopping cart, at which point THE PRICE IS NOW SET. Sorry for yelling, but some people seem to be missing this clue.John, you're absolutely correct in your analysis, but I didn't recognize that I needed to revise the formulas.db given in the example. Yell a bit louder next time, will ya? Leave out the implicit comments, too. Something explicit like, Look at the *&$^$! formulas.db, you $%&^$%! newbie! would get my attention quicker.Ken was right to question the viability of my database. That's certainly hitting the target, if not the bullseye.If anyone had known that I had changed the name of the database from TeaRoom.db to pol.db, they would likely have deduced the cause of the problem more accurately.I will continue asking my remaining 876 questions about WebDNA after I've completed my self-imposed sentence of spending the weekend with Linda Tripp.Thanks to all who tried to help, Glenn ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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