Re: [mv] How/when does MV reload new tables? - ANYONE?

[Shawn Butler - Blue Planet Corp <postmaster@thetechpage.com>]

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I would assume the same thing for typical tables, but
I don't know if the same logic would apply if multiple
files are being used as the products database.

Anyone have any more info? Looking for a difinateive
answer.

Thanks!
Shawn Butler

On Mon, 27 March 2000, Ed LaFrance wrote:

> 
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> Shawn -
> 
> I can't say that I'm positive on this, but I think Minivend internally 
> notes the file date/time size for each source file each time it imports and 
> does and build, then subsequently checks the current state of those file(s) 
> against its record each time a catalog requests data.  If it finds a 
> difference, it imports and builds just the changed file(s) again.  I really 
> doubt that minivend would rebuild the entire file set because of a change 
> in only one file.
> 
> - Ed L.
> 
> 
> At 09:13 AM 3/27/00 -0800, you wrote:
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> >On Thu, 23 March 2000, Shawn Butler - Blue Planet Corp wrote:
> >
> >Hello everyone.
> >
> >Im putting together a catalog with a few rather large
> >tables of product. All of them are asc files for right
> >now.
> >
> >I was reading the docs and saw:
> >
> >   More than one database may be used as a products
> >   database. If the catalog directive ProductFiles
> >   is set to a space-separated list of valid MiniVend
> >   database identifiers, those databases will be
> >   searched (in the order specified) for any items that
> >   are ordered, or for product information (as in the
> >   [price code] and [field code] tags).
> >
> >   When the database table source file (i.e. products.txt)
> >   changes after import or edit, the DBM database is
> >   re-built upon the next user access. No restart of the
> >   server is necessary.
> >
> >This sounds great for my situation. But the my question is,
> >when I have multiple tables listed as part of my products
> >database (maybe 10 or so) and I update one of them, will
> >all of the tables be reloaded, or just the one that changed?
> >
> >I guess I just dont fully understand how and when new tables
> >are reloaded.
> >
> >If it reloads them all, it would take way too long. I am trying
> >to think of a way to avoid having multiple catalogs. Using
> >multiple catalogs would solve the reload issue, but then I would
> >have to figure out some way to allow a customer to buy items
> >from multiple catalogs with only one session/checkout.
> >If changing the database on
> >
> >Thanks for any help!
> >Shawn Butler
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> >
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