Re: structure

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that's very neat... thanks..

..george

----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Parnell" <ddparnell at bigpond.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: structure


>
>
> Also, can I suggest another way of defining your structure...
>
> global sequence screen
>   screen = {
>   { 1,3,"Customer Number+ ",1,1,2,0,5,0,6,0,10},
>   { 10,4,"Name..: ",0,1,3,-99,40,0,0,0,20},
>   { 10,5,"Addr 1: ",0,1,4,-99,25,0,0,0,30},
>   { 10,6,"Addr 2: ",0,1,5,-99,25,0,0,0,40},
>   { 10,7,"City..: ",0,1,6,-99,20,0,0,0,50},
>   { 40,7,"State: ",0,1,7,99,2,0,0,0,60},
>   { 53,7,"Zip: ",0,1,8,99,10,0,0,0,70},
>   { 1,9,"Contact Nbr 1..: ",0,1,10,-99,30,0,0,0,80},
>   { 1,10,"Contact Nbr 2..: ",0,1,11,-99,30,0,0,0,90},
>   { 50,9,"Phone: ",0,1,9,99,17,0,0,0,100},
>   { 50,10,"FAX..: ",0,1,32,99,17,0,0,0,110},
>   { 50,11,"Email: ",0,1,34,-99,24,0,11,0,110},
>   { 1,12,"Salesman Number: ",1,1,12,0,3,0,12,0,120},
>   { 1,13,"Statements(Y/N): ",1,1,23,96,1,0,0,5,130},
>   { 1,14,"Tax Auth Code..+ ",1,1,24,99,2,0,4,1,140},
>   { 25,14,"Taxable: ",1,1,30,96,1,0,0,2,150},
>   { 36,14,"(Y/N)",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
>   { 1,15,"Tax Id.........: ",0,1,33,99,16,0,0,0,150},
>   { 1,16,"Default Shp Via+ ",1,1,42,99,2,0,7,0,190},
>   { 25,16,"FOB....+ ",1,1,43,99,2,0,8,0,190},
>   {1,17,"Customer Group.: ",0,1,26,99,2,0,0,0,160},
>   {1,18,"Cust Price Lvl.: ",1,1,14,0,2,0,2,3,170},
>   {25,18,"Prod Price Tbl: ",0,1,31,99,2,0,9,0,180},
>   {1,19,"Payment Terms..+ ",1,1,29,99,2,0,5,0,190},
>   {1,20,"Credit Limit...: ",0,1,27,2,10,0,0,0,200},
>   {1,21,"Fin Chg (Y/N)..: ",1,1,25,96,1,0,0,4,210},
>   {25,21,"Bill-to Cust #: ",0,1,13,0,5,0,3,0,220},
>   {1,22,"Elec. Invoice..: ",0,1,35,99,1,0,10,0,220},
>   {21,22,"(N,E,F)",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
>   {50,12,"Last Invoice Dt.: ",0,1,15,98,8,1,0,0,230},
>   {50,13,"Last Invoice Amt: ",0,1,16,2,9,1,0,0,240},
>   {50,14,"Last Payment Dt.: ",0,1,17,98,8,1,0,0,250},
>   {50,15,"Last Payment Amt: ",0,1,18,2,9,1,0,0,260},
>   {50,17,"Avg Days to Pay.: ",0,1,21,0,4,1,0,0,270},
>   {50,18,"Invoices Paid...: ",0,1,20,0,4,1,0,0,280},
>   {50,19,"Current Balance.: ",0,1,22,2,9,1,0,0,290},
>   {50,20,"YTD Sales.......: ",0,1,19,2,9,1,0,0,300},
>   {50,21,"Last Year Sales.: ",0,1,28,2,9,1,0,0,310},
>   {50,22,"Date Cust Added.:  ",0,1,38,98,8,0,1,0,310},
>   {99,0,"",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
>         }
>
> this is probably faster than all those append statements.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <gwalters at sc.rr.com>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 12:29 AM
> Subject: Re: structure
>
>
> > >
> >
> > interesting...i'll think on it some..
> >
> > ..george
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <irvm at ellijay.com>
> > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:21 AM
> > Subject: Re: structure
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thursday 26 July 2001 09:35, gwalters at sc.rr.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > irv, you've hit it. each one can have a different length...problem
is
> > fixed
> > > > now..thanks all for your input..
> > >
> > > That, of course, is one of Euphoria's advantages - you can pack
> > > pretty much anything you want into a sequence, without any arbitrary
> > > limits or having to pre-define the space.
> > >
> > > As an example, the 'normal' way to implement an A/R system is with
> > > two files: a customer file containing name, addr, balances, etc.
> > > and a transaction file, with current txns.
> > >
> > > With Euphoria, I tend to use just one file, which contains:
> > > (hope my indentation makes it thru EuForum intact)
> > >
> > > customer key
> > >   -- customer info
> > >        -- name
> > >        -- addr
> > >        -- balances
> > >             -- current
> > >             -- 30
> > >             -- 60
> > >             -- 90
> > >   -- customer txns (zero or more)
> > >         -- inv #
> > >         -- date
> > >         -- amt...
> > >
> > > As customer makes purchases, the new purchase is just appended to
> > > his/her txns sequence.
> > >
> > > Number of transactions can be obtained by calling
length(customer[txns])
> > > Customer totals are computed by looping 1... length(txns), etc.
> > >
> > > This eliminates a lot of lookups and searching, since everything
related
> > > is located within the one file. It also simplifies things such as
> deleting
> > > a customer account:
> > > if length(txns) > 0
> > > or balance != 0 then
> > >   error("Can't delete active account!")
> > >
> > > Backups are simple - one file to copy, as are statements.
> > > Reviewing a customer's account is verrry quick, as well.
> > >
> > > EOM reports are less quick, because you have to loop thru all
> > > customers and consolidate the data. Usually you're printing these
> > > reports, so there's plenty of time for processing while the printer
> > > chugs along.
> > >
> > > Starting a new period is just a matter of adjusting the 30/60/90,
> > > and then setting customer[x][txns] = {}
> > >
> > > You could keep the entire sequence of customers 'in-memory',
> > > but it's better to store these in a EDS database, since EDS will
> > > handle the lookup logic for you and ensure the use of unique keys
> > > automatically.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Irv
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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