[LON-CAPA-users] any limit on the id numbers for responses?
Guy Albertelli II
lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:15:45 -0400 (EDT)
Hi Robert,
> What is the purpose of the id? I assumed it was used to track the
> stats for problems, but that doesn't seem to be the case.<br>
It is used in the storage of the data when a studetn interacts with
the problem.
This way if you need to move thigns around, (Swithc the order of two
resposne or 2 parts) or otehrwise change a problem, the association
between the data and the problem will stay.
> Does the system automatically assign ids to problems/parts if one is
> not provided?
Yes.
> a) what is the pattern,
starts at 11, increments by 1, assigns in order that id requiring tags
occur in the file.
> b) why would we assign our own ids?
Many reasons
- stylistic (you don't like ours, you want to give things pretty
names)
- programmatic (you are going to use &EXT() and need to know what the id
is for a part or response)
- you are mucking with a problem and want to make sure that users
don't loose info.
> What is the meaning of id=0 versus id=0_11? I see both of these
> around. Is 0_11 a part within problem 0?<br>
id 0 is the <problem>
0_11 is likely the response with id 11, inside of a <problem>
> Responses also have an id? <br>
Yes,
as well as <import>
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