[ic] "touching" a database causes [import] to stop working

Chris Wenham cwenham@netmonger.net
Fri, 22 Sep 2000 16:00:38 -0400 (EDT)


>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Heins <mikeh@minivend.com> writes:

    > Quoting Chris Wenham (cwenham@netmonger.net):
    >> 
    >> I've isolated a problem that's happening whenever I want to use the
    >> [import] tag to add a record to a database.
    >> 
    >> If I use [perl tables="whatever"] or [data whatever column key] in
    >> the same page, then the [import] tag fails to work. As soon as I
    >> comment out the [data] tag (or remove the table from the perl tag),
    >> the [import] works again.
    >> 
    >> Is Interchange/minivend locking the table? 

    > Yes.

    > You need to do a [flag type=write table=whatever] before you 
    > do the [perl tables="whatever"]. Once the table is opened read-only,
    > there is no going back.

 Is the [flag type=write table=whatever] tag synonymous with [tag flag
 write]whatever[/tag]?

Regards,

Chris Wenham