Re:

[Ed LaFrance <edlafrance@printexusa.com>]

I don't THINK that there are any risks of data damage or loss - just the
possibility of degraded performance. And at that, it would probably have to
be a high-traffic sight to notice it much.  I should have started this
exchange on the Minivend mailing list - I am going to copy this message to
it and see if anyone else has anything to say on the subject.

Regards,
- Ed

>Hi Ed,
>
>I never saw a tag like that, no.
>Could you explain to me what exactly the risk would be if you had a lot of
>simultaneous users and a big transactions-file and do the export for each
>order-process ?
>
>-Thanks,
>  Gideon
>
>> Dear Gideon -
>>
>> Thanks for the response.  I did the same (actually I put my tag near the
>> top of the page) and it works like a charm.
>>
>> I guess my only concern is that it appears this tag causes the entire
>> contents of the file to be exported - this could become cumbersome with
>> manys simultaneous users and a large transactions file.  I have scanned
>> through the docs but I can't find a tag for exporting just a select range
>> of records (i.e. those on the current receipt) and appending them to the
>> raw file.  Have you?
>>
>> - Ed LaFrance
>>
>> >Hi Ed,
>> >
>> >I put this on the bottom of my receipt.html:
>> >
>> >[tag export transactions transactions.raw][/tag]
>> >
>> >This does the trick for me.
>> >
>> >Good luck,
>> >
>> >-Gideon van Gelder
>> >
>> >
>> >> Dear Sir -
>> >>
>> >> I found your posting (below) on the Minivend website.  Im having the
>same
>> >> problem.  Did you ever find another solution other than your export
>tag?
>> >> Could you email me the exact syntax and location of that tag so I can
>try
>> >> it on our order receipt?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Ed
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi All,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I had to put an export transactions tag on my receipt page, to get the
>> >>
>> >> transactions data from the db into transactions.raw.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Is this normal ? Anyone else had to do this ?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> (might help someone too as a hint)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -Gideon
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>> -
>> PRINTEX Marking Technologies
>> 12113 Kirkham Rd.
>> Poway, CA  92064  U.S.A.
>> (858) 513-2418
>> (800) 982-1928
>> (858) 513-2419 fax
>> edlafrance@printexusa.com
>> http://www.printexusa.com
>>
>>
>>


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