Awkward Tag System ? Re: Please Help: How to use minivend variable like [item-code] in a SQL search string?

[Birgitt Funk <birgitt@hamburg.citde.net>]

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cfm@maine.com wrote:
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> > That is interesting, as I can imagine that the minivend tag
> > system originally was thought of by the author as a means of
> > making it easier to set up a catalog as compared to programming.

[snip]

> >
> >     Is the tag system really difficult to understand even
> >     for people who can read the source code well and can
> >     program their own additions, modifications etc. ?
> >     1.) If the answer is yes, is it only because the source
> >         code is too voluminous to be studied for a busy
> >         ISP or is it really tough to dig into it.
> >     2.) If the answer is no, is it difficult to learn because
> >         even for professionals the documentation is not
> >         clear enough ? (So far, I considered this to be the
> >         case only for non-programmer).
> 
> I don't really understand the question, so I'll just
> give you some observations:
> 
> The tag system is awkward.  

That is harsh criticism. If you say something like that you should
give some reasons. 

I understand why you did set up your MiniVend environment for your
customers differently, but not everyone has the need to run hundreds
of catalogs and provide a consistent publishing environment.

I was asking the question to find out if people, who can not program
in Perl, have a reasonable perspective of setting up a good catalog
using the MV tag system by themselves. I asked, because there are many
tag syntax questions asked by people who CAN program in Perl.
Basically I am trying to evaluate the importance of being a Perl
programmer to handle MiniVend.  

It is a question of personal interest, may be not suited to be asked
here, but I don't see why not. 

> I think one can live within
> the system or outside it (as we do).

I want to stay within the system, not avoiding it. 

[snipped away the description of your system's MV environment, but
thanks for the details.] 

The list gets better by the hour. 8-) I have much more hope to figure
out the new syntax than I had four weeks ago. Thanks for all your
input.

Birgitt Funk



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> 
> cfm
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