Re: Convertchars bug?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50661
interpreted = N
texte = >>I created a special convertchars database that has the original >>characters in the 'from' field and their html entities in the 'to' >>field, but webdna seems to have a problem with one of the character >>conversions ... >> >>Instead of replacing a blank space with like it should, >>webdna replaces blank spaces with + which is the html entity >>for a plus sign. > >And when the character to be converted is the plus sign, it does not >get converted to the html entity for a plus sign, instead it does >not get converted at all -- as if the plus sign was not enclosed >within a convertchars context. And this is not documented but it is very important to my use of convertchars in this situation:Does AllCase=T work when using convertchars like it does when using it in a search context?Or is the convertchars context simply not capable of converting uppercase and lowercase characters to different resulting values -- such as when converting to their HTML character entities? -- Sincerely, Kenneth Grome ------------------------------------------------------------- My programmers will write WebDNA code for you at $27 an hour! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>>I created a special convertchars database that has the original >>characters in the 'from' field and their html entities in the 'to' >>field, but webdna seems to have a problem with one of the character >>conversions ... >> >>Instead of replacing a blank space with like it should, >>webdna replaces blank spaces with + which is the html entity >>for a plus sign. > >And when the character to be converted is the plus sign, it does not >get converted to the html entity for a plus sign, instead it does >not get converted at all -- as if the plus sign was not enclosed >within a convertchars context. And this is not documented but it is very important to my use of convertchars in this situation:Does AllCase=T work when using convertchars like it does when using it in a search context?Or is the convertchars context simply not capable of converting uppercase and lowercase characters to different resulting values -- such as when converting to their HTML character entities? -- Sincerely, Kenneth Grome ------------------------------------------------------------- My programmers will write WebDNA code for you at $27 an hour! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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