Re: [mv] Using database files

["Phil Welch" <PhilmoreW@worldnet.att.net>]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Roberts" <shane@shaneroberts.com>
To: <minivend-users@minivend.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [mv] Using database files


> ******    message to minivend-users from Shane Roberts
<shane@shaneroberts.com>     ******
>
> Deborah,
> I don't know if this is your problem but...
>
> Sometimes when you download files from Unix to Windows, change them in an
editor like
> notepad, then put them back on Unix, the Windows program has put carriage
returns in them
> (which is normal for a Windows text file).
>
> I don't know how MiniVend handles carriage returns in files (anybody?).
>
> So perhaps you have to remove the carriage returns when you put the file
back on Unix.
>
> Shane
>
> Deborah Gray wrote:
>
> > ******    message to minivend-users from Deborah Gray
<webmaster@snswwide.com>     ******
> >
> > Hello again,
> >
> > Another day of frustration...I am trying to make changes to the products
> > database of our site. I downloaded the products.asc file, opened it in
> > Notepad and made the changes. I then uploaded the file (in ASCII), which
> > replaced the old one. When I tried to use the site, I got an Internal
> > Server error. Luckily there was an old copy on the site that I renamed.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong? I tried uploading the file in binary, but that
> > didn't work. I looked at the FAQ, and read the Database section, but I
> > couldn't find the answer to my question.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Deborah
> >
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