Subject: Re: Some bugs/implementation problems
From: Peter C. McCluskey (pcm@rahul.net)
Date: Fri Mar 10 2000 - 12:03:16 PST
hallowel@math.unc.edu (Karl Evan Hallowell) writes:
>I am unable to delete my most recent limit orders. They simply don't
>appear in the "open orders" page.
Please be more specific. The database shows your most recently entered
order as one to buy 40 BUSH at 0.49, which shows up at the end of your
open orders list. That list is ordered by when the order was entered,
most recent last. I hadn't expected people to have as many open orders
as you do. I guess I should consider some sorting choices.
The server appears to have crashed once this morning while someone was
entering an order (that order probably didn't get into the database).
I think I've installed a fix for that bug (I know where the bug happened
but not what conditions caused it, so I wasn't able to duplicate the bug
to verify that it is fixed).
> Second, when viewing the "open orders
>for BUSH" page, I almost made some sort of purchase, but I think I stopped
>it before it could happen. Clicking on a "Quantity Available" number,
>shouldn't be linked to making a trade *especially* without warning the
You almost got an order confirmation page asking you to verify that the
order was correct before submitting it, and showing you a good deal of info
to help you see what is likely to happen if you submit it. I think I've
been careful to insure that you can't accidentally submit an order anywhere,
probably to the point of making it a bit cumbersome for experienced users.
>user. I think you should segregate the pages that make transactions from
>the ones that just give information. Finally, there needs to be a
>mechanism for (at least) deleting book orders from a single claim. The
>"open orders" is already getting unwieldy for me.
I'll try to find time to add such an option to the view orders page.
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