Requiring them to be on their own line might be nice, but when writing this I have to assume that something will get in the way and people will be upset that their tip was 'missed'. As for a rewrite to add in the DB id of the tip, that's a possibility but involves stronger 'coupling' with the DB. The tip method would have to parse the tip out, save it, get the id and then rewrite the body. More steps with more waiting for the DB for an ID. Let me think of the best way to do this. I like the id though.
> How about requiring that <tip> and </tip> be on lines by themselves? > Or at least that <tip> has to be at the beginning on a line. Then you > wouldn't have to worry about commented tips, and you probably should > ignore them anyway, because the original message would have gotten the > tip parsed out already. > > Also, how about rewriting the <tip> tag with an id attribute when you > process it. Then if you find the tip again with a matching ID, you > can check the contents against the DB and either ignore or update, > rather than inserting again. That'd be helpful for typo correction > and/or evolving examples. > > cheers, > barneyb > > On 9/29/05, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Once some side issues are dealt with, I'll have all of the tips loaded >> into >> its own table and then into its own feed. The side issues include >> multiple >> tips per post, commented tips, duplicate tips, etc. A possible solution >> is >> to remove, comment or alter the tip container tags when a tip has been >> saved >> to the DB. Another is to code a recognition into the system for a tip >> which >> starts on a commented line that may span multiple lines. The problem with >> that is some people don't have brackets to delineate a commented line and >> others put in their own, non-standard comment characters. I'll get a >> solid >> solution and implement it. >> >> There's always more to a feature than the feature itself. :) >> > -- > Barney Boisvert > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 360.319.6145 > http://www.barneyb.com/ > > Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:219682 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
