How about just requiring the subject to begin with TIP, any replies would have Re: at the beginning and would be ignored. Doesn't help with updates though.
On 9/29/05, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:219740 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
