Re: Random bug, OSX 10.04
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Thanks for your reply John,You are correct in your assumption that I am only using it in a shownext. My original code before I tried a few different ways was with a number that I set and it still did not work.Even this shows me different results upon clicking next and previous: [Search db=/database.db&group1field=field1+field2+field3&wagroup1datarq=[keyword]&gr oup1word=ww&max=10&GROUP1sort=1&GROUP1sdir=ra&randseed=25]Any ideas what I should do to report this (if you agree it is a bug). I will copy this to Smith Micro.Paul> Paul Fowler wrote: >> >> I am running WebCat 4.0.2rc2a with OSX 10.0.4 and the latest iTools. >> >> Any ideas why after moving this search to an OSX server the random search >> stopped working, and when the [shownext] is hit a couple of times the >> [lastrandom] turns into a scientific notation mess. > > There have been platform specific problems with random search before. > It is dependent on the O/S for the underlying random numbers. I would > set up a page with a loop containing [random] and [lastrandom] and see > if it looks like the numbers returned are random. > >> >> I tried setting a text variable and using that as the randseed, but the >> search was still different every time. The sort was ignoring the randseed >> and returning different orders every time. > > To quote the docs: > > You can force the randomizer to return items in the same > order if you add another parameter RandSeed=879 (or any other > integer number). > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> Could this be a random bug in the OSX version... >> >> This worked fine on a OS9, WebTen WebCat 3.8 machine. >> >> My search below. >> >> [Search >> db=/database.db&group1field=field1+field2+field3&wagroup1datarq=[keyword]&gr >> oup1word=ww&max=10&GROUP1sort=1&GROUP1sdir=ra&randseed=[lastrandom]] > > You are using this strictly in a [shownext] situation aren't you? I > can't think of another reason why you would want to force a specific > random order. And you do understand that [lastrandom] is only the last > [random] from that page, don't you? If you move this between more > than one page, you must either pass the [lastrandom] as a form var > or use [SearchString]. > > HTH > > John |--------------------------------------| | Paul Fowler | Zgtec, Inc. | P.O. Box 11199 | Aspen, CO 81612 | paul@zgtec.com | http://www.zgtec.com |--------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Thanks for your reply John,You are correct in your assumption that I am only using it in a shownext. My original code before I tried a few different ways was with a number that I set and it still did not work.Even this shows me different results upon clicking next and previous: [Search db=/database.db&group1field=field1+field2+field3&wagroup1datarq=[keyword]&gr oup1word=ww&max=10&GROUP1sort=1&GROUP1sdir=ra&randseed=25]Any ideas what I should do to report this (if you agree it is a bug). I will copy this to Smith Micro.Paul> Paul Fowler wrote: >> >> I am running WebCat 4.0.2rc2a with OSX 10.0.4 and the latest iTools. >> >> Any ideas why after moving this search to an OSX server the random search >> stopped working, and when the [shownext] is hit a couple of times the >> [lastrandom] turns into a scientific notation mess. > > There have been platform specific problems with random search before. > It is dependent on the O/S for the underlying random numbers. I would > set up a page with a loop containing [random] and [lastrandom] and see > if it looks like the numbers returned are random. > >> >> I tried setting a text variable and using that as the randseed, but the >> search was still different every time. The sort was ignoring the randseed >> and returning different orders every time. > > To quote the docs: > > You can force the randomizer to return items in the same > order if you add another parameter RandSeed=879 (or any other > integer number). > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> Could this be a random bug in the OSX version... >> >> This worked fine on a OS9, WebTen WebCat 3.8 machine. >> >> My search below. >> >> [Search >> db=/database.db&group1field=field1+field2+field3&wagroup1datarq=[keyword]&gr >> oup1word=ww&max=10&GROUP1sort=1&GROUP1sdir=ra&randseed=[lastrandom]] > > You are using this strictly in a [shownext] situation aren't you? I > can't think of another reason why you would want to force a specific > random order. And you do understand that [lastrandom] is only the last > [random] from that page, don't you? If you move this between more > than one page, you must either pass the [lastrandom] as a form var > or use [SearchString]. > > HTH > > John |--------------------------------------| | Paul Fowler | Zgtec, Inc. | P.O. Box 11199 | Aspen, CO 81612 | paul@zgtec.com | http://www.zgtec.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/
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