Re: [Pan-users] "missing" articles

[J.B. Moreno]

On 3/19/03 12:14 AM, Duncan at <address@hidden> wrote:

> Brian Morrison posted as excerpted below:
>> On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 15:08:14 -0700 in
>> address@hidden Duncan <address@hidden>
>> 
>> wrote:
>>> Actually, it doesn't even see them, because it doesn't check for them
>>> again.  All it checks for is after the last number it read..
>>> Therefore, it doesn't even know they are there, TO display to you.
>> 
>> The only way to make this work properly is to identify articles by ID
>> rather than by Xref: header....
> 
> .. Which is what for example BNR2 and other "virtual server" products must do,
> since they combine many physical servers with potentially different xref
> article numbering.
> 
> Of course, as I recognize your name from the list, I'm sure this isn't news to
> you, but for others following this...  PAN is intended to have this ability
> some time in the future.  However, it's slated for introduction after the
> switch to a different database type and scheme, making the implementation far
> easier.

Just a comment: when this is introduced, you should do what the servers do,
and instead of using the id, use a MD5 hash of the id.

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J.B. Moreno