The problem with UUID is that they aren't human-friendly. On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Phillip Vector <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Instead of order number, make it the order ID (and use a UUID)? > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Pete Ruckelshaus > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Well, what I'm thinking is to have a specific email address that would > get > > checked by the app via a scheduled task using cfpop. Order number would > be > > in the subject, grab the body of the email and dump it into the order > > communications table with the timestamp coming from the email. > > > > The point for potential problems is if the wrong order number is put in > the > > subject field. I'm sure there are more, but that's the one that worries > me. > > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:45 PM, John M Bliss <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> I have. Having trouble thinking of generalities/gotchas to share with > you. > >> Can you think of any more specific questions? > >> > >> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Pete Ruckelshaus < > [email protected] > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > I'm in the planning stages of building an industry-specific (think > along > >> > the > >> > lines of limited production and custom bicycle frames) customer > service > >> > application. Much of the communication between customer and crafstman > is > >> > meant to be via a web interface, but I'd also like to allow > communication > >> > via email, but have the contents of those emails be culled from a > >> specific > >> > email address and added to the customer record. > >> > > >> > What I'm wondering is if anyone here has done this sort of content > update > >> > via email, and what suggestions you would have for approach and > >> > architecture? > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > > >> > Pete > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:344048 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
