Re: dynamic list of form variables
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Obviously there is more than one way to do it, but you can use theformvariables loop to do all the work.[appenddb=some.db][formvariables][name]=[url][value][/url]&[/formvariables][/append]This is a quick & dirty solution. If you want to parse out certain fieldsthen I recommend naming all fields to be used with something unique likea --[append db=some.db][formvariables name=--&exact=F][getcharsstart=3][name][/getchars]=[url][value][/url]&[/formvariables][/append]this would only look at fields that begins with the --Hope this helps.----- Original Message -----From: Dave Hurley
To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 9:38 AMSubject: dynamic list of form variables> Is there a way to nest variables in the name of a variable so that, if> the result is the name of a form variable, it is parsed as such? I have> a bunch of incoming form variables, field-1, field-2, field-3 etc., and> I would like to loop through them in order to update a database. When I> use [field]-[index] inside a loop context I end up with the literal> 'field-1' instead of the contents of the form variable named 'field-1'.>> If this makes sense and someone has a solution (arrays?) I'd love to> hear about it.>> Thanks. And thank you to everyone who answered my last question> regarding the updating of database files outside of an admin page - it> makes sense now.>> Dave Hurley> Biology Department> University of Washington>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> 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://webdna.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Obviously there is more than one way to do it, but you can use theformvariables loop to do all the work.[appenddb=some.db][formvariables][name]=[url][value][/url]&[/formvariables][/append]This is a quick & dirty solution. If you want to parse out certain fieldsthen I recommend naming all fields to be used with something unique likea --[append db=some.db][formvariables name=--&exact=F][getcharsstart=3][name][/getchars]=[url][value][/url]&[/formvariables][/append]this would only look at fields that begins with the --Hope this helps.----- Original Message -----From: Dave Hurley To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 9:38 AMSubject: dynamic list of form variables> Is there a way to nest variables in the name of a variable so that, if> the result is the name of a form variable, it is parsed as such? I have> a bunch of incoming form variables, field-1, field-2, field-3 etc., and> I would like to loop through them in order to update a database. When I> use [field]-[index] inside a loop context I end up with the literal> 'field-1' instead of the contents of the form variable named 'field-1'.>> If this makes sense and someone has a solution (arrays?) I'd love to> hear about it.>> Thanks. And thank you to everyone who answered my last question> regarding the updating of database files outside of an admin page - it> makes sense now.>> Dave Hurley> Biology Department> University of Washington>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> 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://webdna.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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