[ic] ic jobs and scratch value from usertag - getting closer

[Stefan Hornburg]

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 10:22:07 -0500
Aaron Hazelton <aaronmail at hazenet.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 18:31:40 +0100, Stefan Hornburg <racke at linuxia.de> 
> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 12:37:12 -0500
> > Aaron Hazelton <aaronmail at hazenet.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:05:39 -0500, Aaron Hazelton 
> >> <aaronmail at hazenet.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 19:31:28 -0500, Aaron Hazelton
> >> > <aaronmail at hazenet.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi all,
> >> >>
> >> >> IC 4.9.8
> >> >>
> >> >> I have driven myself crazy with this one, and am at a loss. I have
> >> >> an IC cron job set up, and the [scratch email_body] value is either
> >> >> not being set or displayed in this context.  code below for further
> >> >> details. the exact same code produces the expected result when using
> >> >> the 'test ITL snippet' page... and there are no errors.  I must be
> >> >> missing something about how this type of value and the 'jobs' work
> >> >> together or something.
> >> >>
> >> [snip code]
> >> >>
> >> >> TIA!
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > I have now also taken this block of code, which is tested and
> >> > works as expected, and instead of enclosing it into a [tmp] value
> >> > i have logged it to a text file, creating a new file at the
> >> > beginning so that it is blank, then appending each subsequent entry
> >> > to it if it exists, and then [include]'ing that file into the email
> >> > that gets sent out.
> >> >
> >> > Again, this method also works as a test on the ITL page, and yet
> >> > will not log anything to the file (although it is created) from
> >> > the job.
> >> >
> >> [snip other stuff, below still applies]
> >> >
> >> > dumbfounded.
> >> >
> >>
> >> ok, i have done more testing and finally narrowed down the problem
> >> although i still cannot get it to work and it was the last thing
> >> i expected.
> >>
> >> my usertag that is being called test dates and compares them and
> >> then based on how they compare with each other and today, it may
> >> or may not set $Scratch->{bill_it} = 1;  now, when i test the
> >> user tag (an example is below) it works just as expected, but in
> >> the context of the job, the scratch value never shows up.  what
> >> i do not know is whether or not the usertag is even being executed
> >> or what.  Any ideas on how i can test this further to determine
> >> what is causing this strangeness?
> >>
> >> EXAMPLE ON A TEST PAGE:
> >> [loop list="20031123 20031124"]
> >> [billing-check start_date="[loop-code]"
> >>                 last_billed=""
> >>                 type="hosting"]
> >> test scratch bill_it: [scratch bill_it]
> >> [/loop]
> >>
> >> RESULTS FROM PAGE:
> >> test scratch bill_it: 1 <- should be 1
> >> test scratch bill_it:   <- should be blank
> >>
> >> RESULTS RUNNING SAME THING FROM JOB:
> >> test scratch bill_it:   <- is blank
> >> test scratch bill_it:
> >>
> >> any ideas? thanks!
> >
> > Can you please give more information about the UserTag ?
> > Is it global or local (catalog) ?
> > How do you set the scratch variable in the UserTag ?
> >
> > Bye
> > 	Racke
> >
> 
> Hi Racke, this is a global usertag, located in
> /usr/local/interchange-5/code/UserTag/billing_check.tag
> 
> This is my first usertag, so please be kind :-) Basically it
> is pretty simple, but since i am using Date::Calc, I cannot
> do this in page.  At the top, i delete all of the affected
> scratch variables. Then, after some calculations with the
> given dates, I just test for the results of some comparisons
> and then set the Scratch variables if desired.
> 
> i.e.:
> 
> $diff = Delta_Days($ys,$ms,$ds, $y,$m,$d);
> if ( $diff == 0 )	# today is new bill date
> {
> 	$Scratch->{bill_it} = 1;
> 	$Scratch->{rebill} = 1;
> 	$Scratch->{next_bill} = $Tag->convert_date( { body => "$ys-$ms-$ds" } );
> }
> 
> .. and this continues on for many different comparisons to
> figure out exactly what is going on with these dates, and
> so there are several different sets of  if .. elsif ..else ..
> like that.
> 
> any ideas? thanks!

Yes, you may try to use $::Scratch instead of $Scratch in global usertags,
at least for modifying the scratch namespace. At least it is done this way
in the most usertags shipped with IC.

bye
	racke


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