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No, but what it does mean is that if you do change the field names, be prepared to change every occurance of that field name in the pages directory.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Add to it, don't remove portions of it.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Foster [mailto:jfoster@augustmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 1999 12:34 PM
To: minivend-users@minivend.com
Subject: Re: Howto modify my product DB?
****** message to minivend-users from John Foster <jfoster@augustmail.com> ******
Do you mean that we can not or should not change the field names in the
products.asc file??
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Barry Treahy wrote:
>
> ****** message to minivend-users from Barry Treahy <treahy@mmaz.com> ******
>
> You modify the products.asc file; not only the rows which represent each data record, but the colums
> for each field of the record. The first line of products.asc identifies the name for each column
> and experience has taught me not to mess with the default fields; you can add more, but don't go
> through the hassle of altering the names... This file is then automatically imported into the .gdbm
> database file, assuming that is the database type you use.
>
> Barry
>
> Michael E. Havlicek wrote:
>
> > ****** message to minivend-users from "Michael E. Havlicek" <havlicek@infinet.com> ******
> >
> > Hi,
> >
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> >
> > I started by hacking the sample catalog. First I want to change the "artist"
> > column to "manufacturer". Then I want to create a custom catalog with all
> > of my own fields that correspond to the existing conventions used by the
> > company contracting me. How do I do that? Is there documentation exlaining how
> > to build a catalog from scratch?
> >
> > -Mike
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