Re: fresh eyes needed. Append won't work.

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = You have to wrap each field that could have non-printable characters in [url]. The reason you need to do this is that your data could have characters which will confuse WebCatalog; it matters not one whit that you are passing form variables.For example, just assume that one of the fields contains an ampersand; this will immediately break the rest of the append. I would suggest taking things slowly and break it down to one field at a time. Just add one field and make sure it worked. Note that fieldnames like [Date] are a bad idea, because that conflicts with existing WebCat contexts. I don't know if you will have problems with [referrer] and [grandtotal], but it is always a good idea to make all of your variables something other than built-in WebCat fields. You can always prefix _ or my_ for each variable.HTHJohn PeacockRobert McPeak wrote: > > I wrapped the whole thing (inside the append context) in [url] but still no > luck. > > I'm passing the values as form variables, not in a url, so why should they > have to be urled? > > Still stumped. > > Thanks Kenneth. > > >From: Kenneth Grome > >Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk) > >To: (WebCatalog Talk) > >Subject: Re: fresh eyes needed. Append won't work. > >Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 23:34:04 -1000 > > > > >Can anybody see what's wrong with this append. I can't get it to work. > >I'm > > >passing the values to the tpl this on with a form. I'm able to display > >the > > >passed values on the page but the append won't update the db issp.db. > > > > > >Thanks for taking a look. > > > > > >[Append > > >db=issp.db]date=[date]&referrer=[referrer]&firstname=[firstname]&middlename=[middlename]&lastname=[lastname]&dob=[dob]&instit=[instit]&dept=[dept]&city=[city]&state=[state]&country=[country]&ctrycode=[countrycode]&homestreet=[homestreet]&homecity=[homecity]&homestate=[homestate]&homecountry=[homecountry]&homectrycode=[homectrycode]&email=[email]&fax=[fax]&telex=[telex]&homephone=[homephone]&workphone=[workphone]&academicstatus=[academicstatus]&occupation=[occupation]&research=[research]&membertype=[membertype]&years=[years]&duestotal=[duestotal]&subscription1=[subscription1]&subscription1duration=[subsription1duration]&subscription2=[subscription2]&subscription2duration=[subscription2duration]&subscription1total=[subscription1total]&subscription2total=[subscription2total]&backissues=[backissues]&grandtotal=[grandtotal]&payment=[payment]&cardtype=[cardtype]&ccnumber=[ccnumber]&expdate= > >[ex > > >pdate][/Append] > > > >You haven't urled any of the values you're appending, and they should > >ALL be urled ... > > > > > >================================ > >Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant > >808-737-6499 http://webdna.net > >================================ > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: fresh eyes needed. Append won't work. (Robert McPeak 2000)
  2. Re: fresh eyes needed. Append won't work. (Daventab - Dave Jones 2000)
  3. Re: fresh eyes needed. Append won't work. (Daventab - Dave Jones 2000)
  4. Re: fresh eyes needed. Append won't work. (Kim Ingram 2000)
  5. Re: fresh eyes needed. Append won't work. (Robert McPeak 2000)
  6. Re: fresh eyes needed. Append won't work. (Kim Ingram 2000)
  7. Re: fresh eyes needed. Append won't work. (John Peacock 2000)
  8. Re: fresh eyes needed. Append won't work. (Sally 2000)
  9. Re: fresh eyes needed. Append won't work. (Robert McPeak 2000)
You have to wrap each field that could have non-printable characters in [url]. The reason you need to do this is that your data could have characters which will confuse WebCatalog; it matters not one whit that you are passing form variables.For example, just assume that one of the fields contains an ampersand; this will immediately break the rest of the append. I would suggest taking things slowly and break it down to one field at a time. Just add one field and make sure it worked. Note that fieldnames like [date] are a bad idea, because that conflicts with existing WebCat contexts. I don't know if you will have problems with [referrer] and [grandtotal], but it is always a good idea to make all of your variables something other than built-in WebCat fields. You can always prefix _ or my_ for each variable.HTHJohn PeacockRobert McPeak wrote: > > I wrapped the whole thing (inside the append context) in [url] but still no > luck. > > I'm passing the values as form variables, not in a url, so why should they > have to be urled? > > Still stumped. > > Thanks Kenneth. > > >From: Kenneth Grome > >Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk) > >To: (WebCatalog Talk) > >Subject: Re: fresh eyes needed. Append won't work. > >Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 23:34:04 -1000 > > > > >Can anybody see what's wrong with this append. I can't get it to work. > >I'm > > >passing the values to the tpl this on with a form. I'm able to display > >the > > >passed values on the page but the append won't update the db issp.db. > > > > > >Thanks for taking a look. > > > > > >[Append > > >db=issp.db]date=[date]&referrer=[referrer]&firstname=[firstname]&middlename=[middlename]&lastname=[lastname]&dob=[dob]&instit=[instit]&dept=[dept]&city=[city]&state=[state]&country=[country]&ctrycode=[countrycode]&homestreet=[homestreet]&homecity=[homecity]&homestate=[homestate]&homecountry=[homecountry]&homectrycode=[homectrycode]&email=[email]&fax=[fax]&telex=[telex]&homephone=[homephone]&workphone=[workphone]&academicstatus=[academicstatus]&occupation=[occupation]&research=[research]&membertype=[membertype]&years=[years]&duestotal=[duestotal]&subscription1=[subscription1]&subscription1duration=[subsription1duration]&subscription2=[subscription2]&subscription2duration=[subscription2duration]&subscription1total=[subscription1total]&subscription2total=[subscription2total]&backissues=[backissues]&grandtotal=[grandtotal]&payment=[payment]&cardtype=[cardtype]&ccnumber=[ccnumber]&expdate= > >[ex > > >pdate][/Append] > > > >You haven't urled any of the values you're appending, and they should > >ALL be urled ... > > > > > >================================ > >Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant > >808-737-6499 http://webdna.net > >================================ > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ John Peacock

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