Subject: Re: Some bugs/implementation problems
From: Karl Evan Hallowell (hallowel@math.unc.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 10 2000 - 14:35:09 PST
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Peter C. McCluskey wrote:
>
> 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.
Oh! I see it now. Must have been hiding before. :-)
> 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).
>
Oh! That would be me, I think. Submit an order and abort by stopping the
browser.
> > 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.
Alas, the burden of supporting fickle power (ab)users like me. :-P Thanks
for the help!
Karl H.
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