Re: [cart]'s ever get recycled?

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 31688
interpreted = N
texte = Mmmm point taken.How does WebCat generate cart numbers? -- Stuart TremainDigital Imaging Division The Ad-Libitum Group 48 Victoria Street North Sydney 2060 Australia Phone: +612 9959 5633 Fax: +612 9929 4146email: stuartt@adlib.com.au http://www.adlib.com.auOn Thursday, 29 June 1939, Kenneth Grome wrote: >No, that's not necessarily true. In fact, the only time this would >have to be true is if there is some pre-determined number of digits >in the cart value -- but there does not seem to be any such >limitation. > >Example: If the first section of the cart value were 2000 (for cart >values created this year), then what's to stop the cart value from >beginning with 2500 in 500 years, or 10000 in 8000 years, or 102000 >in one hundred thousand years? Nothing I can think of ... > > > >>But there must be a finite number so that at one stage, if you get >>enough traffic, they will recycle ? >>-- >>Stuart Tremain >> >>Digital Imaging Division >>The Ad-Libitum Group >>48 Victoria Street >>North Sydney 2060 Australia >>Phone: +612 9959 5633 Fax: +612 9929 4146 >> >>email: stuartt@adlib.com.au >>http://www.adlib.com.au >> >>On Thursday, 29 June 1939, Kenneth Grome wrote: >>>Cart values can be as short as 10 or 11 digits, they are not all the >>>same length so please do not rely on their being the same length ... >>>:) >>> >>>>The carts are 14 digit numbers, they must restart eventually ..... >>>> >>>>I will take a while though. >>>>-- >>>>Stuart Tremain >>>> >>>>Digital Imaging Division >>>>The Ad-Libitum Group >>>>48 Victoria Street >>>>North Sydney 2060 Australia >>>>Phone: +612 9959 5633 Fax: +612 9929 4146 >>>> >>>>email: stuartt@adlib.com.au >>>>http://www.adlib.com.au >>>> >>>>On Thursday, 29 June 1939, John Butler wrote: >>>>>someone suggested to me that [cart] values can actually get >>>>>recycled on the same server >>>>>after some long time. My understanding was that they were *always* >>>>>unique even after >>>>>many years or indefinately... >>>>> >>>>>right? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>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, WebDNA Consultant >>>808-737-6499 http://webdna.net >>>================================ >>> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>>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 >>> >>> >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>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, WebDNA Consultant >808-737-6499 http://webdna.net >================================ > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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/ >------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [cart]'s ever get recycled? (John Butler 2000)
  2. Re: [cart]'s ever get recycled? (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  3. Re: [cart]'s ever get recycled? (WebDNA Support 2000)
  4. Re: [cart]'s ever get recycled? (Andrew Vernon 2000)
  5. Re: [cart]'s ever get recycled? (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  6. Re: [cart]'s ever get recycled? (John Butler 2000)
  7. Re: [cart]'s ever get recycled? (Stuart Tremain 2000)
  8. Re: [cart]'s ever get recycled? (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  9. Re: [cart]'s ever get recycled? (Stuart Tremain 2000)
  10. Re: [cart]'s ever get recycled? (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  11. Re: [cart]'s ever get recycled? (Stuart Tremain 2000)
  12. Re: [cart]'s ever get recycled? (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  13. Re: [cart]'s ever get recycled? (Stuart Tremain 2000)
  14. [cart]'s ever get recycled? (John Butler 2000)
Mmmm point taken.How does WebCat generate cart numbers? -- Stuart TremainDigital Imaging Division The Ad-Libitum Group 48 Victoria Street North Sydney 2060 Australia Phone: +612 9959 5633 Fax: +612 9929 4146email: stuartt@adlib.com.au http://www.adlib.com.auOn Thursday, 29 June 1939, Kenneth Grome wrote: >No, that's not necessarily true. In fact, the only time this would >have to be true is if there is some pre-determined number of digits >in the cart value -- but there does not seem to be any such >limitation. > >Example: If the first section of the cart value were 2000 (for cart >values created this year), then what's to stop the cart value from >beginning with 2500 in 500 years, or 10000 in 8000 years, or 102000 >in one hundred thousand years? Nothing I can think of ... > > > >>But there must be a finite number so that at one stage, if you get >>enough traffic, they will recycle ? >>-- >>Stuart Tremain >> >>Digital Imaging Division >>The Ad-Libitum Group >>48 Victoria Street >>North Sydney 2060 Australia >>Phone: +612 9959 5633 Fax: +612 9929 4146 >> >>email: stuartt@adlib.com.au >>http://www.adlib.com.au >> >>On Thursday, 29 June 1939, Kenneth Grome wrote: >>>Cart values can be as short as 10 or 11 digits, they are not all the >>>same length so please do not rely on their being the same length ... >>>:) >>> >>>>The carts are 14 digit numbers, they must restart eventually ..... >>>> >>>>I will take a while though. >>>>-- >>>>Stuart Tremain >>>> >>>>Digital Imaging Division >>>>The Ad-Libitum Group >>>>48 Victoria Street >>>>North Sydney 2060 Australia >>>>Phone: +612 9959 5633 Fax: +612 9929 4146 >>>> >>>>email: stuartt@adlib.com.au >>>>http://www.adlib.com.au >>>> >>>>On Thursday, 29 June 1939, John Butler wrote: >>>>>someone suggested to me that [cart] values can actually get >>>>>recycled on the same server >>>>>after some long time. My understanding was that they were *always* >>>>>unique even after >>>>>many years or indefinately... >>>>> >>>>>right? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>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, WebDNA Consultant >>>808-737-6499 http://webdna.net >>>================================ >>> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>>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 >>> >>> >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>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, WebDNA Consultant >808-737-6499 http://webdna.net >================================ > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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/ >------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Stuart Tremain

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