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Alexi wrote:
Re: For Shawn and List - Customer Services Screen
From: Shawn Hogan
Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2001
Time: 2:41:38 pm
> It appears to me that both domains and email accounts have very similar
> entries (IP address, notes, misc, shut off date, etc.)
>
> Since these are both part of services_.fp5, I'm also assuming that both
> store their info in the same file.
>
> Would it not be easier to just have a "Service(s)" list instead of
> separate domain and email? I'm wondering if within the services list you
> could then just choose from a drop down menu to have "Domain, Email,
> Dialup, Other" (with these choices being modifiable).
>
> A couple of benefits I perceive are as follows:
>
> We could do searches through all the records of a customers services at once.
>
> All their services would be in one location and should make it easier for
> printing service reports.
>
> There wouldn't be a need for slave accounts anymore, because we could just
> add dialups under the "services" tab when customers have multiple dialup
> accounts.
>
> I'm just wondering if I'm the only one that thinks this would be a good
> idea, or if others agree. I'm also wondering if it is possible, and if so,
> probable?
It's possible, but then you get into the problems of defining an infinite
number of server actions. It may or may not happen at some point in the
future. The Domains and Emails tables were merged together about a year ago
as a preliminary action in case it is ever changed. So yeah, that's why it
was merged into a single Services table to give an option for future.
- Shawn
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Shawn D. Hogan
President, Digital Point Solutions
http://www.digitalpoint.com
(858) 452-3696
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