Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template

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Date	2013-01-19 00:39 -0800
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Subject	Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template
From	Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com>
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Τη Σάββατο, 19 Ιανουαρίου 2013 12:09:28 π.μ. UTC+2, ο χρήστης Dave Angel έγραψε:

> I don't understand the problem.  A trivial Python script could scan 
> 
> through all the files in the directory, checking which ones are missing 
> 
> the identifier, and rewriting the file with the identifier added. 

> 
> So, since you didn't come to that conclusion, there must be some other 
> 
> reason you don't want to edit the files.  Is it that the real sources 
> 
> are elsewhere (e.g. Dreamweaver), and whenever one recompiles those 
> 
> sources, these files get replaced (without identifiers)?

Exactly. Files get modified/updates thus the embedded identifier will be missing each time. So, relying on embedding code to html template content is not practical.
 

> If that's the case, then I figure you have about 3 choices:
> 1) use the file path as your key, instead of requiring a number

No, i cannot, because it would mess things at a later time on when i for example: 

1. mv name.html othername.html   (document's filename altered) 
2. mv name.html /subfolder/name.html   (document's filepath altered) 

Hence, new database counters will be created for each of the above actions, therefore i will be having 2 counters for the same file, and the latter one will start from a zero value.

Pros: If the file's contents gets updated, that won't affect the counter.
Cons: If filepath is altered, then duplicity will happen.


> 2) use a hash of the page  (eg. md5) as your key.  of course this could  
> mean that you get a new value whenever the page is updated.  That's good  
> in many situations, but you don't give enough information to know if 
> that's desirable for you or not.

That sounds nice! A hash is a mathematical algorithm that produce a unique number after analyzing each file's contents? But then again what if the html templated gets updated? That update action will create a new hash for the file, hence another counter will be created for the same file, same end result as (1) solution.

Pros: If filepath is altered, that won't affect the counter.
Cons: If file's contents gets updated the, then duplicity will happen.


> 3) Keep an external list of filenames, and their associated id numbers. 
> The database would be a good place to store such a list, in a separate table.

I did not understand that solution.


We need to find a way so even IF:

(filepath gets modified && file content's gets modified) simultaneously the counter will STILL retains it's value.

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Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 12:48 -0800
  Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2013-01-18 20:59 +0000
    Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 14:12 -0800
  Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2013-01-18 17:09 -0500
    Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-19 00:39 -0800
      Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2013-01-19 04:00 -0500
        Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 23:08 -0800
          Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 18:20 +1100
            Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 01:19 -0800
              Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 20:31 +1100
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 04:06 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 12:39 +0000
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 04:55 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 19:24 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-22 15:39 +1100
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Tom P <werotizy@freent.dd> - 2013-01-22 00:01 +0100
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 23:43 +0000
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-22 11:04 +1100
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-22 17:36 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 07:47 -0500
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 07:00 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-01-22 16:55 -0700
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 01:12 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 01:37 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-01-23 09:49 +0000
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 02:29 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 07:03 -0500
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 04:26 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 04:26 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 06:25 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2013-01-23 07:38 -0500
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-24 10:25 +1100
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2013-01-23 19:09 -0500
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-24 11:39 +1100
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2013-01-23 19:53 -0500
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-01-23 16:01 -0500
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 01:12 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 07:00 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2013-01-21 17:26 -0500
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 04:06 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2013-01-21 19:57 -0800
              Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2013-01-21 20:04 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 22:49 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-01-22 16:08 -0500
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 01:15 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 01:15 -0800
            Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 01:19 -0800
              Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 04:56 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 07:03 -0800
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 15:35 -0800
              Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Piet van Oostrum <piet@vanoostrum.org> - 2013-01-21 21:48 +0100
                Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 22:38 -0800
            Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 07:07 -0800
              Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 15:36 -0800
              Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 20:18 -0800
            Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 07:07 -0800
        Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 23:08 -0800
      Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-01-19 16:32 -0500
        Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 22:52 -0800
        Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 22:52 -0800
      Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2013-01-22 16:35 +0000
    Re: Uniquely identifying each & every html template Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-19 00:39 -0800

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