Re: _ in front of field name

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 18902
interpreted = N
texte = At 13:31 Uhr 15.07.1998, Sue Ann Sanders wrote: >What is the significance of a _ in front of the field names within a >form? I believe this was done automatically when I used the database >helper.?It is a good idea to have a naming convention to avoid equal names for fields and WebCat commands. Imagine you name a field of your form date for the birthday. If you ask for this field on the following page, you write for example: Since you are born on [date] you are too old... In this case WebCat will NOT insert the form field but todays date because [date] is a command!So, if you name all form fields and variables according to such a naming convention, you will never make a similar mistake. That is why you see often names like [_date], [v.email] or similar in the code of other people.Peter__________________________________________ Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: _ in front of field name (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  2. Re: _ in front of field name (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  3. Re: _ in front of field name (Peter Ostry 1998)
  4. Re: _ in front of field name (Brian B. Burton 1998)
  5. Re: _ in front of field name (John Hill 1998)
  6. Re: _ in front of field name (Sue Ann Sanders 1998)
  7. Re: _ in front of field name (Peter Ostry 1998)
  8. _ in front of field name (Sue Ann Sanders 1998)
At 13:31 Uhr 15.07.1998, Sue Ann Sanders wrote: >What is the significance of a _ in front of the field names within a >form? I believe this was done automatically when I used the database >helper.?It is a good idea to have a naming convention to avoid equal names for fields and WebCat commands. Imagine you name a field of your form date for the birthday. If you ask for this field on the following page, you write for example: Since you are born on [date] you are too old... In this case WebCat will NOT insert the form field but todays date because [date] is a command!So, if you name all form fields and variables according to such a naming convention, you will never make a similar mistake. That is why you see often names like [_date], [v.email] or similar in the code of other people.Peter__________________________________________ Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21 Peter Ostry

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