RE: random by day
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_00D4_01C032B7.F448F580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit RE: random by day Or a bit shorter, taking advantage of the ability to directly access a query row. cfquery name="getrecords" datasource="MINE" SELECT id,author,quote FROM QUOTES /cfquery cfset x=randomize(timeformat(now(),"HHMMSS")) cfset RandNum = #RandRange(1,getrecords.RecordCount)# cfoutputRandom Record No = #getRecordsrecord.ID[randnum]#BR Quote = #getrecords.Quote[randnum]#BR Author = #getrecords.Author[author]# BR /cfoutput DC -Original Message- From: Larry Juncker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 20:59 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: random by day Why not this? cfquery name="getrecords" datasource="MINE" SELECT * FROM QUOTES /cfquery cfset RandNum = #RandRange(1,getrecords.RecordCount)# CFLOOP QUERY="getrecords" CFIF CurrentRow EQ #RandNum# CFOUTPUT Random Record No = #getRecordsrecord.ID#BR Quote = #getrecords.Quote#BR Author = #getrecords.Author# /cfoutput /cfif /cfloop Larry Juncker Senior Cold Fusion Programmer Heartland Communications Group, Inc. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 3:50 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: random by day Last week there was a discussion about pulling a random quote from a database. I would like to pull a record from a database once a week, lets say every sunday. Kind of like the quote of the week. Whats the best way to do that? KM --- --- Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com -- -- -- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. -- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. --=_NextPart_000_00D4_01C032B7.F448F580 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" HTMLHEADTITLERE: random by day/TITLE META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.3018.900" name=3DGENERATOR/HEAD BODY DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT color=3D#ff face=3DArial size=3D2SPAN = class=3D353394212-10102000Or a=20 bit shorter, taking advantage of the ability to directly access a query=20 row./SPAN/FONTFONT color=3D#ff face=3DArial size=3D2SPAN=20 class=3D353394212-10102000/SPAN/FONT/DIV DIVFONT color=3D#ff face=3DArial size=3D2SPAN=20 class=3D353394212-10102000/SPAN/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVSPAN class=3D353394212-10102000 PFONT color=3D#ff face=3DArial size=3D2lt;cfquery = name=3D"getrecords"=20 datasource=3D"MINE"gt; BRSELECTnbsp;SPAN=20 class=3D353394212-10102000id,author,quote/SPAN BRFROM QUOTES=20 BRlt;/cfquerygt; /FONT/P PFONT color=3D#ff face=3DArial size=3D2SPAN=20 class=3D353394212-10102000lt;cfset=20 x=3Drandomize(timeformat(now(),"HHMMSS"))gt;/SPAN/FONT/P PFONT color=3D#ffFONT face=3DArial size=3D2lt;cfset RandNum = =3D=20 #RandRange(1,getrecords.RecordCount)#gt; /FONT/FONT/P PFONT color=3D#ffFONT face=3DArial size=3D2SPAN=20 class=3D353394212-10102000lt;cfoutputgt;/SPAN/FONT/FONTFONT=20 color=3D#ff face=3DArial size=3D2Random Record No =3D = #getRecordsrecord.IDSPAN=20 class=3D353394212-10102000[randnum]/SPAN#lt;BRgt;nbsp;BR Quote = =3D=20 #getrecords.QuoteSPAN class=3D353394212-10102000[/SPANSPAN=20 class=3D353394212-10102000randnum]/SPAN#lt;BRgt;nbsp;BR Author = =3D=20 #getrecords.AuthorSPAN class=3D353394212-10102000[auth/SPANSPAN=20 class=3D353394212-10102000or]/SPAN#nbsp;SPAN=20 class=3D353394212-10102000lt;BRgt;/SPAN/FONT/P PFONT color=3D#ff face=3DArial size=3D2SPAN=20 class=3D353394212-10102000/SPANBRlt;/cfoutputgt; /FONT/P PFONT color=3D#ff face=3DArial size=3D2SPAN=20 class=3D353394212-10102000DC/SPAN/FONT/P PFONT color=3D#ff face=3DArial size=3D2BR/FONT/SPANFONT=20 face=3DTahomaFONT size=3D2-Original Message-BRBFrom:/B = Larry=20 Juncker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]BRBSent:/B Monday, = October 09,=20
RE: random by day
Why not this? cfquery name="getrecords" datasource="MINE" SELECT * FROM QUOTES /cfquery cfset RandNum = #RandRange(1,getrecords.RecordCount)# CFLOOP QUERY="getrecords" CFIF CurrentRow EQ #RandNum# CFOUTPUT Random Record No = #getRecordsrecord.ID#BR Quote = #getrecords.Quote#BR Author = #getrecords.Author# /cfoutput /cfif /cfloop Larry Juncker Senior Cold Fusion Programmer Heartland Communications Group, Inc. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 3:50 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: random by day Last week there was a discussion about pulling a random quote from a database. I would like to pull a record from a database once a week, lets say every sunday. Kind of like the quote of the week. Whats the best way to do that? KM --- --- Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com -- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. -- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
RE: random by day
Why not this? cfquery name="getrecords" datasource="MINE" SELECT * FROM QUOTES /cfquery cfset RandNum = #RandRange(1,getrecords.RecordCount)# CFLOOP QUERY="getrecords" CFIF CurrentRow EQ #RandNum# CFOUTPUT Random Record No = #getRecordsrecord.ID#BR Quote = #getrecords.Quote#BR Author = #getrecords.Author# /cfoutput /cfif /cfloop Larry Juncker Senior Cold Fusion Programmer Heartland Communications Group, Inc. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 3:50 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: random by day Last week there was a discussion about pulling a random quote from a database. I would like to pull a record from a database once a week, lets say every sunday. Kind of like the quote of the week. Whats the best way to do that? KM --- --- Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com -- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. -- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
Re: random by day
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Last week there was a discussion about pulling a random quote from a database. I would like to pull a record from a database once a week, lets say every sunday. Kind of like the quote of the week. Whats the best way to do that? The page that displays the quote could have a section of code that looks at the current day of the week and if it's Sunday - go get a new quote. cfif ((DayOfweek(Now() IS 1) AND (Hour(Now() IS 0)) go get a new quote /cfif The above will get a new quote during the first hour of Sunday. However, if the template is not run durng that hour a new quote will not be retrieved. Likewise, if the template is run n times during that hour then the quote will be refreshed n times. It's necessary to 1: ensure the template runs at least once during the first hour of Sunday 2: ensure the timeplate runs only once during that time period. You could narrow the time frame by checking for minute and seconds, but the two problems remain. 2: is easy enought to deal with (e.g. query a lastUpdated filed in a db) lots of ways to do that ..., but 1: remains A scheduled task would work better - you can set those to run once week at a specified time. Then, only if the server is down or if you have a problem with the scheduler will the update fail. A manual update page will solve that problem as long as you look at the page that displays the quote on Sunday. Alternatively, you could write a stored procedure or an embedded query that checks the age of the last quote pulled from the db. Alternatively (again), you could work with the lastmodified date of the displaying page if it is a .html written from a dynamic .cfm. In short, lots of ways to do this procedure - hope this stimulates your thinking. Pan p.s problem solving skills and critical thinking methods are more important than a collection of facts and howtos -- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
RE: random by day
I believe the best solution is to do the random pick in SQL, but, as a side note, this code: cfset RandNum = #RandRange(1,getrecords.RecordCount)# CFLOOP QUERY="getrecords" CFIF CurrentRow EQ #RandNum# CFOUTPUT Random Record No = #getRecordsrecord.ID#BR Quote = #getrecords.Quote#BR Author = #getrecords.Author# /cfoutput /cfif /cfloop should be written (or could be :) like so: cfset RandNum = #RandRange(1,getrecords.RecordCount)# CFOUTPUTQuote = #GetRecord.Quote[RandNum]#/CFOUTPUT Even cuter: CFOUTPUTQuote = #GetRecord.Quote[RandRange(1,getrecords.RecordCount)]#/CFOUTPUT Remember that you can treat a query like an array and access a particular cell and row. === Raymond Camden, Cold Fusion Jedi Master for Syntegra (www.syntegra.com) Allaire Certified Instructor and Member of Team Allaire Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ UIN : 3679482 "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda CFLOOP QUERY="getrecords" CFIF CurrentRow EQ #RandNum# CFOUTPUT Random Record No = #getRecordsrecord.ID#BR Quote = #getrecords.Quote#BR Author = #getrecords.Author# /cfoutput /cfif /cfloop === Raymond Camden, Cold Fusion Jedi Master for Syntegra (www.syntegra.com) Allaire Certified Instructor and Member of Team Allaire Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ UIN : 3679482 "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda -Original Message- From: Larry Juncker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 5:08 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: random by day Why not this? cfquery name="getrecords" datasource="MINE" SELECT * FROM QUOTES /cfquery cfset RandNum = #RandRange(1,getrecords.RecordCount)# CFLOOP QUERY="getrecords" CFIF CurrentRow EQ #RandNum# CFOUTPUT Random Record No = #getRecordsrecord.ID#BR Quote = #getrecords.Quote#BR Author = #getrecords.Author# /cfoutput /cfif /cfloop Larry Juncker Senior Cold Fusion Programmer Heartland Communications Group, Inc. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 3:50 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: random by day Last week there was a discussion about pulling a random quote from a database. I would like to pull a record from a database once a week, lets say every sunday. Kind of like the quote of the week. Whats the best way to do that? KM --- --- Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com -- -- -- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. -- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. -- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
