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Re: Batch List

2009-12-17T17:00:02Z

There's a small code example here:
[link]
but basically, imagine running an operation that just determined that there
are 50 listings you need to retrieve updated photos for. Normally, you
might have an array of 50 individual MLS#'s that you need to retrieve.

Re: Batch List

2009-12-17T16:52:01Z

It's original purpose was for GetObject but it can certainly be used for
that as well. I may modify the function to accept a delimiter value so it
could be used for other things as well.
I'm not aware of any specific limit other than PHRETS using HTTP GET
requests so you'd be limited to the number of characters allowed in a URL

Re: Batch List

2009-12-17T14:51:59Z

Can someone explain exactly what create_batch_list would be used for
an an practical example of its use?

Batch List

2009-12-17T14:49:07Z

I imagine the batch processing script ([link]
phrets/index.php?title=Create_ batch_list) was designed to pass a list
of variables for querying fields that do not accept ranges (i.e.,
ListingKey, ListingID, etc.).
I wanted to know what the maximum number of variables that typically

Re: bug in GetLookupValues uses !empty() and should use isset()

2009-12-10T12:27:54Z

Troy,

Could this possibly the reasoning that some of listings were being
ignored?
As mentioned several weeks ago, I was missing a few entries. Each
one did indeed have a "0" (zero) within the id.

I will run some more tests this afternoon and report back.

Gregg

Re: bug in GetLookupValues uses !empty() and should use isset()

2009-12-10T01:09:15Z

Good catch. Changed in my development copy for the next release.

bug in GetLookupValues uses !empty() and should use isset()

2009-12-09T17:56:46Z

In function GetLookupValues, if the key comes in as a numeric 0, then
it is ignored since 0 is considered empty by php. Changing the !empty
() to isset() does not skip this entry in the lookup table.
Specifically, I changed:

if (!empty($key->Value)) {

if (isset($key->Value)) {

Using PHRETS for the first time

2009-11-30T03:06:14Z

Hello all,

I am using PHRETS for the first time integrating real estate with a
CMS and I have a couple of questions.

1. Is it okay if I removed die() statements from PHRETS? Is there a
flag to not immediately exit on an error and just log what happens?
I'd rather grab the error and log it myself if not. For example, if

Re: Strategies for implementation: How do you use RETS?

2009-11-23T22:49:24Z

I used some kind of Rus strategy.
I created several tables with the following criteria:
Resource ID + "_" + Class Name.
So I get 5 tables for properties (Prop_RE_1, Prop_LL_2, ...), 5 for
ActiveAgents, etc..
Each one of them with his own field list.

For fields type "Lookup Multi" I created also a table with the p-key,

Re: Funny/Weird Bug

2009-11-23T22:38:23Z

Sorry I involve on this, I couldn't keep me out.
My batch process do almost the same thing but it only verifies for the
last update on LastModifiedDataTime field. I keep the last one
(greater one) on a system configuration table and it's used again to
start next batch process.
The only difference is on the MLS # field you use. I heard that rets

Re: Funny/Weird Bug

2009-11-23T18:11:06Z

Hey Troy,

I am doing incremental updates based on a modified timestamp. I even
went as far as setting the time to 2000-10-00....

Hey is the query copied from the script:

$search = $rets->SearchQuery("Property", "{$class}","(MLNumber=" .
$last_mls . "+),(LastModifiedDateTime=" . $process_date . "+)");

Re: Funny/Weird Bug

2009-11-23T18:03:19Z

In the normal process, do you have it set to download all listings or are
you doing incremental updates based on a modification timestamp? Can you
provide the query you're using for those pulls?

It's not totally uncommon for a listing to be missed in an incremental
update type of situation but missing a list when you're doing full downloads

Funny/Weird Bug

2009-11-23T17:46:18Z

I just want to know if this has ever happen to anyone.

Client called about a new listing she had entered in to MLS last week.
But the listing was not showing up on her personal site.
So, I did some research and sure enough it wasn't there. I verified
the listing with the local board just so I would not be chasing my tail.

Re: Get Most Recent Entry

2009-11-05T17:42:58Z

Similar speed, greatly reduced memory usage since records are given back to
you one-at-a-time in the while looping structure rather than parsing and
passing an entire array of results at once.

Re: Get Most Recent Entry

2009-11-05T17:40:37Z

Thanks, although a bit tedious making the upgrade. Everything now
seems to work.

BTW, what sort of performance upgrade should one see from using
SearchQuery over Search?

Thanks!