Re: [mv] Help! Still Lost in Perl

["Bill Randle" <billr@exgate.tek.com>]

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Chris,

On Mar 25,  7:13pm, Chris Rapier wrote:
} Subject: Re: [mv] Help! Still Lost in Perl
} ******    message to minivend-users from Chris Rapier <rapier@psc.edu>
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}
} I think I might have found another problem though.
} The original code to access a field was:
} $field = $ref->field($column, $cart_sku);
}
} But this produced an error which said there
} was no column '1590', which is actually the sku value.
} By swapping the two values to:
} $field = $ref->field($cart_sku, $column);
}
} I was able to get the right information.
}
} Again, this might be something on my end or it might
} be a documentation problem. I'm not sure. I'm going
} to do some more testing with the $Db methods and
} see what I can find out.

>From a quick look at the code (lib/Vend/Table/Common.pm), I
believe you are correct and the documentation has it backwards.

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--- 10.00.MiniVend_Perl_Objects.html	Sat Mar 25 17:06:50 2000
***************
*** 163,184 ****
  To get a reference to a particular table, specify its hash element:

  <P>
! <PRE>    $ref = $Db-&gt;{products};
  </PRE>
  <P>
  The methods available:

  <P>
  <PRE>    # access an element of the table
!     $field = $ref-&gt;field($column, $key);
  </PRE>
  <P>
  <PRE>    # set an element of the table
!     $ref-&gt;set_field($column_name, $key, $value);
  </PRE>
  <P>
  <PRE>    # atomic increment of an element of the table
!     $ref-&gt;inc_field($column_name, $key, 1);
  </PRE>
  <P>
  <PRE>    # see if element of the table is numeric
--- 163,184 ----
  To get a reference to a particular table, specify its hash element:

  <P>
! <PRE>    $ref = $Db{products};
  </PRE>
  <P>
  The methods available:

  <P>
  <PRE>    # access an element of the table
!     $field = $ref-&gt;field($key, $column);
  </PRE>
  <P>
  <PRE>    # set an element of the table
!     $ref-&gt;set_field($key, $column_name, $value);
  </PRE>
  <P>
  <PRE>    # atomic increment of an element of the table
!     $ref-&gt;inc_field($key, $column_name, 1);
  </PRE>
  <P>
  <PRE>    # see if element of the table is numeric


	-Bill
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