Re: [rules-users] having counter in drl

Globals should only be used for data that is constant over the life of the working memory, which is not so in your case. Maybe you should just use a fact counter. If you don't want to affect your code you could insert it in a separate rule. when then On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:05 AM, techy <techluver007(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > Hello, > I would like to take 100 sampling facts for rule and persist it in the db > and ignore other data. > How Can I maintain the counter? as global variable? Please clarify with > sample code. > I tried following way and but it does not work as expected. > > Ex: > global Integer counter; > rule "get sampling data" > when fact : Foo(some condition) && eval(counter <= 100) > then > counter++ > // do some condition > end > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/having-counter-in-drl-tp20904469p20904469.html > Sent from the drools - user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > rules-users mailing list > rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users > -- Steven Williams Supervising Consultant Object Consulting Office: 8615 4500 Mob: 0439 898 668 Fax: 8615 4501 steven.williams(a)objectconsulting.com.au www.objectconsulting.com.au consulting | development | training | support our experience makes the difference