My client wants Ebay like functionality - so multiple people can proxy bid on the same item.... any thoughts?
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 11:41 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Auction site question You don't. At any one time there is a single winner. Any new bid is placed against that single winner. If you have multiple items and multiple winners, then other things have to be done. > 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
