Re: ShippingCosts
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 19078
interpreted = N
texte = >>>Ken, >>> >>>The revised lookup doesn't seem to work any better; it still returns 0. >>>BTW, the lookup is >>> >>>[format .2f][lookup >>>db=formulas.db&value=ShipCost&lookinfield=Name&returnfield=Formula¬found=No >>>ne >>>][/format] >>> >>>I'm fairly new with [lookup]s and haven't messed with them. Does this look >>>right? >> >>Yes, it looks right to me. And I didn't really think my formula would work >>any better than the one you already had, I just thought it might be worth >>a try, in case there was some strange problem in the math context I had >>never seen. Just make sure the value (ShipCost) is entered exactly because >>lookups are case sensitive with respect to the value parameter. > >db=formulas.db&value=ShipCost&lookinfield=Name&returnfield=Formula¬found=No > ^^^^^^^^^ > >Isn't this a value from a [Search]? If so it should read [ShipCost] instead >of just ShipCost.I think it's from within an [orderfile] context but I don't remember seeing the entire WebDNA code for the page ... and I don't use WebCatalog's built-in eComerce features much so I forgot about something:I think there shouldn't even need to be a lookup performed, instead I think it should work with a simple [ShipCost] tag, because WebCat is(from what I remember) supposed to check for a ShipCost formula in the formulas.db when it sees the [ShipCost] tag in an orderfile context ... right? Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
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>>>Ken, >>> >>>The revised lookup doesn't seem to work any better; it still returns 0. >>>BTW, the lookup is >>> >>>[format .2f][lookup >>>db=
formulas.db&value=ShipCost&lookinfield=Name&returnfield=Formula¬found=No >>>ne >>>][/format] >>> >>>I'm fairly new with
[lookup]s and haven't messed with them. Does this look >>>right? >> >>Yes, it looks right to me. And I didn't really think my formula would work >>any better than the one you already had, I just thought it might be worth >>a try, in case there was some strange problem in the math context I had >>never seen. Just make sure the value (ShipCost) is entered exactly because >>lookups are case sensitive with respect to the value parameter. > >db=
formulas.db&value=ShipCost&lookinfield=Name&returnfield=Formula¬found=No > ^^^^^^^^^ > >Isn't this a value from a
[search]? If so it should read [ShipCost] instead >of just ShipCost.I think it's from within an
[orderfile] context but I don't remember seeing the entire WebDNA code for the page ... and I don't use WebCatalog's built-in eComerce features much so I forgot about something:I think there shouldn't even need to be a lookup performed, instead I think it should work with a simple [ShipCost] tag, because WebCat is(from what I remember) supposed to check for a ShipCost formula in the
formulas.db when it sees the [ShipCost] tag in an orderfile context ... right? Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
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