Re: Replace/Commit not Replacing/Commiting

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 35900
interpreted = N
texte = John,Try using the code below instead. I changed how the [math] variable was being written. I also [url]'d the replace values for good practice...[math show=f]mycustomernum=[lookup db=customernum.txt&lookinfield=sku&value=fred&returnfield=customernum¬fou nd=0]+3[/math][replace db=customernum.txt&eqskudatarq=fred]customernum=[url][mycustomernum][/url][/ replace] Jason Sofonia:: Digital Frontier :: jason@digitalfrontier.com ::on 08.08.00 12:43 pm, John Davies at jd@professionalideas.com wrote:> Ok here's a good one, > > Here is what I want this to do: > > 1) Pull a number from a db. > 2) Increment that number by 3. > 3) Save that number back to the file, so that next time I call the number it > is different. > > > > [replace > db=customernum.txt&eqskudatarq=fred]customernum=[mycustomernum][/replace] > > [commitdatabase customernum.txt] > > Here is what I see on screen: > > 1) customerum gets pulled from db. > 2) mycustomernum increments by 3. > 3) When I open the file to check to see if it has been updated, nothing has > changed. > > If I add WebDNA to track the progression of this code everything works fine > on screen. Every time I reload the page customernum increments by 3. It just > never writes the new number back to the file. > > I know that I don't need the [commitdatabase customernum.txt], but I threw > that in to force WebCat to write the file, with no sucess. > > Any ideas? > > > John Davies > jd@professionalideas.com > _____________________________________________ > Martin Associates Design Agency > http://www.professionalideas.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: Solution: Replace/Commit not Replacing/Commiting (John Davies 2000)
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  6. Re: Replace/Commit not Replacing/Commiting (John Peacock 2000)
  7. Re: Replace/Commit not Replacing/Commiting (John Davies 2000)
  8. Re: Replace/Commit not Replacing/Commiting (Alex McCombie 2000)
  9. Re: Replace/Commit not Replacing/Commiting (John Davies 2000)
  10. Re: Replace/Commit not Replacing/Commiting (Anup Setty 2000)
  11. Re: Replace/Commit not Replacing/Commiting (John Davies 2000)
  12. Re: Replace/Commit not Replacing/Commiting (Jason Sofonia 2000)
  13. Replace/Commit not Replacing/Commiting (John Davies 2000)
John,Try using the code below instead. I changed how the [math] variable was being written. I also [url]'d the replace values for good practice...[math show=f]mycustomernum=[lookup db=customernum.txt&lookinfield=sku&value=fred&returnfield=customernum¬fou nd=0]+3[/math][replace db=customernum.txt&eqskudatarq=fred]customernum=[url][mycustomernum][/url][/ replace] Jason Sofonia:: Digital Frontier :: jason@digitalfrontier.com ::on 08.08.00 12:43 pm, John Davies at jd@professionalideas.com wrote:> Ok here's a good one, > > Here is what I want this to do: > > 1) Pull a number from a db. > 2) Increment that number by 3. > 3) Save that number back to the file, so that next time I call the number it > is different. > > > > [replace > db=customernum.txt&eqskudatarq=fred]customernum=[mycustomernum][/replace] > > [commitdatabase customernum.txt] > > Here is what I see on screen: > > 1) customerum gets pulled from db. > 2) mycustomernum increments by 3. > 3) When I open the file to check to see if it has been updated, nothing has > changed. > > If I add WebDNA to track the progression of this code everything works fine > on screen. Every time I reload the page customernum increments by 3. It just > never writes the new number back to the file. > > I know that I don't need the [commitdatabase customernum.txt], but I threw > that in to force WebCat to write the file, with no sucess. > > Any ideas? > > > John Davies > jd@professionalideas.com > _____________________________________________ > Martin Associates Design Agency > http://www.professionalideas.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/ Jason Sofonia

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