Sheesh, someone needs a cup of coffee! Steve
hal helms wrote: > Really? You know what an article reader is? Consider this... > > I know what it means to be able to read an article (a permission). I do > *not* know what an ArticleReader is. Does it mean they can read > articles? Probably. Can they ONLY read articles? Hmmm...I don't know. > Can an ArticleEditor also read an article? Gee, I think so, but clearly > I'm guessing now. How about an ArticlePublisher: can they read an > article? Dang it. Why didn't they just use permissions! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 1:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: secure tag and permissions > > I would agree with Lee's statement. I know what an article reader is, > what's an article reader permission? Now if you need to be more > granular (not all readers can search) then you create another group for > searching. I think at this point the argument is mainly one of > semantics. I think it's more about how we view it than anything. > > Anything you can do with permissions, I can do with groups. Just two > different ways of doing it is all. > > Tim Heald > ACP/CCFD > Application Development > www.schoollink.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: hal helms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 12:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: secure tag and permissions > > Where Lee and I disagree is that Lee doesn't see any distinction between > isArticleReader and the set of permissions, hasReadArticlePermission and > hasSearchArticlePermission. In Lee's model, there are no such things as > independent permissions. Lest I misrepresent it, here are Lee's words: > "What's a Permission? Show me one? It's a very abstract little beastie. > Too abstract for me." > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger B. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 10:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: secure tag and permissions > > Patrick McElhaney wrote: > > That is, instead of > > <cfif hasReadArticlePermission>Read this article</cfif> > > <cfif hasSearchArticlePermission>Search this article</cfif> > > > > this works okay for you: > > <cfif isArticleReader> > > Read this article > > Search this article > > </cfif> > > Now you have me wondering if I've been reading Lee all wrong... I never > even considered that his thinking might be along those lines. Instead, I > > figured he was thinking: > > <cfif isArticleReader> > <cfset hasReadArticlePermission = true> > <cfset hasSearchArticlePermissioon = true> > </cfif> > > <cfif hasReadArticlePermission>Read this article</cfif> > <cfif hasSearchArticlePermission>Search this article</cfif> > > -- > Roger > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrFMa.bV0Kx9 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
