Re: Item availability

["dbw" <dbw@deepblueworld.com>]

I was thinking something along those lines, but checking in the actual
inventory database, but I was thinking that there might be a better way to
do it such that I don't have to do a query on every item that could be
displayed.  Maybe something like an "active" vs. "inactive" inventory item.
I guess I was secretly hoping that such a thing already exists...

Do you think that doing something like this will generate a huge performance
hit?  If, for example, I do a search that results in 30 items being
returned, and then before I display each item I hit the database again to
validate item quantity, I am concerned that this is not so scalable.

Thanks for you input!
Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: Hans-Joachim Leidinger <hans-joachim.leidinger@home.gelsen-net.de>
To: <minivend-users@minivend.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: Item availability


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> Hi Patrick,
>
> if you have a field like "quantity" in your products.asc file you can
> use
>
> [if-field quantity]
> the whole stuff to display item
> [if-field]
>
> This is my idea and not tested.
>
> Joachim
>
> > dbw wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone implemented or thought about implementing a check on item
> > quanity such that if an item has a quantity of 0, that item is no
> > longer displayed is search results or inventory browses, category
> > searches, etc..?
> >
> > We are working on a project that has unique pieces, some of them one
> > of a kind, and we need to put something like this into place.
> >
> > Any ideas, questions, or snide remarks would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks very much,
> >
> > Patrick Glennon
> >
>
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