-----Original Message----- From: Donald Holten [mailto:donner@biophysics.lanl.gov] Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 12:56 PM To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] Newbie Question about variables in DTML

Hi! I want to get a value from the database, increment it by one, and store it back into the database. Is there a way to do this purely in DTML, or do I have to use External Methods? Thanks! Donner

What kind of database? The Zope one? Strange as this sounds, it would probably be a better idea to store a hit counterish thingy in a realtional database, because the Zope database is transactional, and keep *all* previous versions of objects in the database (this is so you can 'undo') therefor, if you incriment an object on every hit, your database will grow a little on every hit. You can also use an external method to store hit counts in a file. -Michel

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