one quick question - how do you deal with more than one proxy bid?
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 11:23 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Auction site question I've written some patent pending auction code and have implemented this in a few ways. The basic way is: 1. take a bid and store it 2. Is it a new bid? yes, then the winning bid is now the minimum needed for the item. no, then look at the previous bid. Does the new bid beat the proxy (i.e. the total amount bid on the previous item)? yes, then the new bid is the winner and the bid is either 1 increment over the previous bid or the new bid, whichever is less. no, then the old bid is upped to the level of the new bid. It can get more complicated but the main thing is to map out the business logic and the cases before implementing it. Michael Dinowitz Finding technical solutions to the problems you didn't know you had yet > BlankDoes anyone out there know how Ebay's Proxy-Bid functionality works? > I need to emulate it for a site and I am going NuTz trying to come up with a > fair solution. > > Thanks > -Jack > > _________________ > > Jack L. Poe > Manager > Greater Dayton ColdFusion User Group > www.cfdayton.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
