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Counter.pl Examples

Remember, incrementing the counter for a page will increment both the page counter and the site counter. A page ID ending in "000" is the site. So you can reference a site as if it were a page and increment the site counter without incrementing any page counters.

Increment counters & display the page counter

• pageid = com000-001
• no options
• Counter.pl displays: 15458

Increment counters & display ordinal page counter

• pageid = com000-001
• opts = o
• Counter.pl displays: 15459th

Don't increment counters, display page counter

• pageid = com000-001
• opts = np
• Counter.pl displays: 15459

Increment counters & display site counter owning page

• pageid = com000-001
• opts = s
• Counter.pl displays: 19318

Increment the site counter & display it

• pageid = com000-000 (Note: this is the site, not a page on the site)
• no options
• Counter.pl displays: 19319

Don't increment counters, display site counter owning the page

• pageid = com000-001
• opts = sn
• Counter.pl displays: 19319

Don't increment, display site counter

• pageid = com000-000 (Note: this is the site id, not a page id)
• opts = n
• Counter.pl displays: 19319

Increment counters but don't display

• pageid = com000-001
• opts = d
• Counter.pl displays:

No page ID

• no pageid
• opts = s
• Counter.pl displays: Missing Page ID

Unregistered page

• pageid = com000-999
• no options
• Counter.pl displays: Page ID not registered.

Could not lock Counter database

• Counter.pl displays: ????