Re: [mv] dissapearing data if repeated codes are used; how can i call the data?

["Michael Schwartz" <michael@panamacom.com>]

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Ok, i think something like this is what i need....i dont have a perl program
to do this and i dont know how to write it....so im screwed...
the table wont be used for shopcart....ill try changing analog's ouput......
if anyone has a suggestions, feel free....

----- Original Message -----
From: Christian J. Müller <cmueller@polinet.ch>
To: <minivend-users@minivend.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [mv] dissapearing data if repeated codes are used; how can i
call the data?


> ******    message to minivend-users from "Christian J.
=?iso-8859-1?Q?M=FCller?=" <cmueller@polinet.ch>     ******
>
> You could run your file through a perl program that adds a first column
> that auto-increments.
> Something like:
> $i = 0;
> open(IN, analog.file)
> open(OUT, new.file)
> print OUT all\tfiled\tnames
> while $line = <IN> {
> $out = $i."\t".$line;
> $i++
> print OUT $out;
> }
> close(IN)
> close(OUT)
>
> This code will not work! However, it shows the principle.
> Chris
>
> Michael Schwartz wrote:
> >
> > ******    message to minivend-users from "Michael Schwartz"
<michael@panamacom.com>     ******
> >
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I've asked this 2 times without success, so i guess it is a stupid
> > question....but i cant find the answer...so here it goes again, hoping
that
> > someone answers:
> >
> > i have a table pretty much like this:
> >
> > code                title
> > x                       USA
> > x                       CR
> > x                       BR
> >
> > It is the output of Analog, a web statistics program.   Minivend (it
seems),
> > doesnt like items with the same code....it doesnt show them.....If i
> > eliminate the header 'code', the results appear, but not what i want to
> > appear.
> > If i manually change the codes so they are different, it works
perfectly,
> > but I want it to be an automated process....Crontabs runs analog, it
creates
> > the output at 12midnight, and the site using minivend should read it.
> > Now, the question:
> >
> > How can i access records in the database if they have the same code? is
this
> > possible? am i missing something here??
> >
> > Thanks for your input.
> >
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