Re: [append] vs. [appendfile] delta + question?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 11356
interpreted = N
texte = >In the latest webcat version: > >I got the [appendfile] construct to work fine from the tmpl(s) and it >apparently uses : as the delimiter between folder references for the >file path, e.g. somefolder:myfile if I wish to reference a file, myfile, >in a subfolder called somefolder. > >I can't seem to get [append] construct to work from the tmpl(s). I have >two databases with a header line containing the tab delimited field names >and I haven't been able to add records at all to either database. I >notice in the online docs, that the [append] construct docs state that >the / is the folder delimiter. Is this true and is this inconsistent to >appendfile?Yes I think this is true. From my understanding, WebDNA tags and contexts are all supposed to behave properly with html-style path names ... but maybe one or two of them got by without being changed from the previous method.>I have tried the following forms to get to my databases in a >subfolder to the store folder: > > somefolder:invoice.db > > somefolder/invoice.db > > ./somefolder/invoice.dbIf somefolder is in the same location as your template, I think this should work ...[append db=somefolder/invoice.db]field1=XXX&field2=YYY&field3=ZZZ[/append]if not, try a full path from the WebSTAR folder ...[append db=/webcatalog/storeFolder/somefolder/invoice.db]field1=XXX&field2=YYY&field3=ZZ Z[/append]Sincerely, Ken Grome ..... ken@iav.com http://207.24.9.227/usarea/home.html
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>In the latest webcat version: > >I got the
[appendfile] construct to work fine from the tmpl(s) and it >apparently uses : as the delimiter between folder references for the >file path, e.g. somefolder:myfile if I wish to reference a file, myfile, >in a subfolder called somefolder. > >I can't seem to get
[append] construct to work from the tmpl(s). I have >two databases with a header line containing the tab delimited field names >and I haven't been able to add records at all to either database. I >notice in the online docs, that the
[append] construct docs state that >the / is the folder delimiter. Is this true and is this inconsistent to >appendfile?Yes I think this is true. From my understanding, WebDNA tags and contexts are all supposed to behave properly with html-style path names ... but maybe one or two of them got by without being changed from the previous method.>I have tried the following forms to get to my databases in a >subfolder to the store folder: > > somefolder:invoice.db > > somefolder/invoice.db > > ./somefolder/invoice.dbIf somefolder is in the same location as your template, I think this should work ...[append db=somefolder/invoice.db]field1=XXX&field2=YYY&field3=ZZZ[/append]if not, try a full path from the WebSTAR folder ...[append db=/webcatalog/storeFolder/somefolder/invoice.db]field1=XXX&field2=YYY&field3=ZZ Z[/append]Sincerely, Ken Grome ..... ken@iav.com http://207.24.9.227/usarea/home.html
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