I think Igor Gorbunov wrote:
> Oh, thank you so much for such a detailed help,
> Ernest! I'm yet to try your scenario (it requires
> certain changes in my Java program, and I needed to
> read Jess manual to understand how modules work).

It's pretty simple actually - should require very little work on your
part. 

> 
> Meanwhile, could you tell me please, if the approach
> below is workable too? What if I try to implement "not
> (count) even after need-count was asserted" almost
> literally?
> 
> (defrule satisfy-need-count
>     (need-count (since ?S) (till ?T))
> => 
> (assert-counts-if-possible) 
>      ;;retrieves and asserts a bunch of counts from DB
> (assert (tried-to-create-counts (since ?S) (till ?T)))
>      ;;asserts a single flag for the whole group of
> counts
> )
> 
> (defrule deal-with-countless-user
>       (tried-to-create-counts (since ?S) (till ?T))
>       (not (count ... (since ?S) (till ?T))
> =>
>       (do-my-stuff)
> )
> 
> It seems like it should work, and looks very similar
> to what you had advised in your previous reply, right?


This looks as though it could work, but managing the since/till
intervals seems like it could be tricky business.

> 
> Best regards,
> Igor



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