Re: YACBQ.....(Yet another checkbox question)
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 35948
interpreted = N
texte = check the archives... people have posted excellent error checking routines that can check for all kinds of things:null values blanks values numbers email addresses (at least verfiy that it *could* be an email address) number of chars etc... ...all after one post, and then redirect back with proper messages explaining to the user what was wrong... I assume applescript would be much slower and anyway a hassle when we already have good error checking using webcat.if you make a real effort to find it in the archives and can't, and want it, then I can dig out mine.-John Bob Sneidar wrote:> tee hee. ;-) > > I get it now. Still, my previous post about the showif context returning F > if passes a form variable that does not exist would work. Otherwise if an > error is returned you could use an iserror check but I do not see a WebDNA > tag for error checking. > > Now it may be possible on the Mac to write an Applescript because > Applescript DOES have an error checking method: > > [applescript] > try > set [mycheckbox] to [mycheckbox] > set [mycheckbox] to T > on error > set [mycheckbox] to F > return F > end try > [/applescript] > > if the first line generates an APPLESCRIPT error the second line never gets > executed, but instead the code within on error get's executed. If there is a > way to make this server side, saving it as a compiled script then call it > from within a template, then we are in business, on Macintoshes anyway. > > I am a newbie to this sort of thing, but feeding your checkbox variables to > this script would guarantee them to be T or F if the above script works like > I think it would. > > Any thoughts? > > -- > Sincerely, > Bob Sneidar > Systems Manager > The Word For Today > > > From: John Peacock
> > Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk) > > Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:07:04 > > To: (WebCatalog Talk) > > Subject: Re: YACBQ.....(Yet another checkbox question) > > > > It is just you! :~} > > > > Seriously, though, the HTTP standards dictate that checkboxes do not > > exist as form variables unless they are checked. It has absolutely > > nothing to do with WebCatalog. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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:
check the archives... people have posted excellent error checking routines that can check for all kinds of things:null values blanks values numbers email addresses (at least verfiy that it *could* be an email address) number of chars etc... ...all after one post, and then redirect back with proper messages explaining to the user what was wrong... I assume applescript would be much slower and anyway a hassle when we already have good error checking using webcat.if you make a real effort to find it in the archives and can't, and want it, then I can dig out mine.-John Bob Sneidar wrote:> tee hee. ;-) > > I get it now. Still, my previous post about the showif context returning F > if passes a form variable that does not exist would work. Otherwise if an > error is returned you could use an iserror check but I do not see a WebDNA > tag for error checking. > > Now it may be possible on the Mac to write an Applescript because > Applescript DOES have an error checking method: > > [applescript] > try > set [mycheckbox] to [mycheckbox] > set [mycheckbox] to T > on error > set [mycheckbox] to F > return F > end try > [/applescript] > > if the first line generates an APPLESCRIPT error the second line never gets > executed, but instead the code within on error get's executed. If there is a > way to make this server side, saving it as a compiled script then call it > from within a template, then we are in business, on Macintoshes anyway. > > I am a newbie to this sort of thing, but feeding your checkbox variables to > this script would guarantee them to be T or F if the above script works like > I think it would. > > Any thoughts? > > -- > Sincerely, > Bob Sneidar > Systems Manager > The Word For Today > > > From: John Peacock > > Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk) > > Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:07:04 > > To: (WebCatalog Talk) > > Subject: Re: YACBQ.....(Yet another checkbox question) > > > > It is just you! :~} > > > > Seriously, though, the HTTP standards dictate that checkboxes do not > > exist as form variables unless they are checked. It has absolutely > > nothing to do with WebCatalog. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 Butler
DOWNLOAD WEBDNA NOW!
Top Articles:
Talk List
The WebDNA community talk-list is the best place to get some help: several hundred extremely proficient programmers with an excellent knowledge of WebDNA and an excellent spirit will deliver all the tips and tricks you can imagine...
Related Readings:
Web*3 virtual hosting Webcatalog problem + Vicom bonus (1998)
Snake Bites (1997)
Multiple Ad databases? (1997)
[OT] Linux Mailservers (2003)
Webdna 6 and Fedora Core 2 (2004)
Re:listfiles-looking for slick solution (1997)
Recalculating Shipping Costs (1997)
WebCatalog 4.0.2b5 available (2000)
Re:Emailer tracking (1997)
Multiple Users.db Possible? (1997)
Sorting a Search... (1998)
Comments in db? (1997)
windows file upload = weirdness (2004)
preserving the zero's (1999)
TCP Connect/send and CGI (2003)
Date Calulation (1997)
Using Plug-In while running 1.6.1 (1997)
This message couldn't reach the list! (multi-column (1998)
Semi OT: vbulletin and # viewing - how do that do that? (2003)
Help name our technology! (1997)