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Re: INDEX and [area scan
Quoting Ed LaFrance (edlafrance@printexusa.com):
> >
> >I have two small problems. The first is that [area scan doesn't like
> >categories such as Diamond 80, it works just fine with Diamond_80.
> >Apparently is doesn't like spaces in the category names, is there a work
> >around?
The FAQ says "when in doubt, quote".
[area href=scan
arg="
di=category
dl=Diamond 80
"]
If you can tell me that doesn't work, then submit a bug report. 8-)
If you have a database of less than several thousand items, then it is just
as well to use the plain text search and not bother with indexing.
The second is the INDEX for the products.asc. It says in the
> >manual that anytime the database is changed it will build a new INDEX
> >the next time it is accessed. My system is not building a new index, is
> >there a way to force it to build a new one?
One way is to "touch" the file to make sure it imports after
exporting. You can do that pretty easily with a usertag.
MV3.14 has a little tag called "index" which can build a bunch of
different indexes without rebuilding if it isn't necessary.
[index table=products
extension=category
spec="
rf=category,0
ra=yes
tf=category
"
]
Or you can index it yourself with the convoluted:
[tag op=flag type=write]products[/tag]
[tag touch write]products[/tag]
[tag op=log
file=products/products.asc.category
type=text
interpolate=1][loop search="ra=yes/ml=100000/rf=category,0"][loop-code]
[/loop][/tag]
Spacing on that little beast must be exactly as above.
This is one of the first areas I will clean up in MV4. I might
keep the existing stuff as a UserTag, or I might just nuke it
as unrecoverable. 8-)
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