Re: [URL] and [showif] or [hideif] comparisons
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 53735
interpreted = N
texte = Yes. So would it slow everything down enormously if the showif and hideif did it automatically? Regards, Tim -- Tim Robinson IDFK Web Developments tim@idfk.com.au 114a/40 Yeo Street Neutral Bay 2089 Australia Phone +612 9908 2134 Fax +612 9908 4837 > From: Jesse Proudman
> Reply-To: (WebDNA Talk) > Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 15:37:56 -0800 > To: (WebDNA Talk) > Subject: Re: [URL] and [showif] or [hideif] comparisons > > > On Oct 30, 2003, at 3:36 PM, Dan Strong wrote: > >> Why? (Seriously. besides the fact that I couldn't get it to work this >> one time. All other show/hides I've ever done have worked...) >>> >>> Is there any benefit for NOT using [url]? And if there isn't, why >>> isn't it >>> implied in the [showif] and [hideif] contexts so they always did it? >>> Maybe >>> it would slow everything up considerably for number comparisons or >>> something? >> >> I'd love to know this... I have never done this before, and I have >> seen nothing indicating that I should (until today). > > Because if your description field is: > > Great House! > > and your comparison is: > > [showif [description]=] > > WebDNA will interpret it as: > > [showif Great House!=] > > Which means showif Great House doesn't equal '=' > > This is covered in the archives quite a few times if my description > doesn't cut it. > > -- > Jesse Williams-Proudman > Blue Box Development :: Custom Web Solutions > +1.206.778.8777 :: jesse@blueboxdev.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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Yes. So would it slow everything down enormously if the showif and hideif did it automatically? Regards, Tim -- Tim Robinson IDFK Web Developments tim@idfk.com.au 114a/40 Yeo Street Neutral Bay 2089 Australia Phone +612 9908 2134 Fax +612 9908 4837 > From: Jesse Proudman > Reply-To: (WebDNA Talk) > Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 15:37:56 -0800 > To: (WebDNA Talk) > Subject: Re: [url] and [showif] or [hideif] comparisons > > > On Oct 30, 2003, at 3:36 PM, Dan Strong wrote: > >> Why? (Seriously. besides the fact that I couldn't get it to work this >> one time. All other show/hides I've ever done have worked...) >>> >>> Is there any benefit for NOT using [url]? And if there isn't, why >>> isn't it >>> implied in the [showif] and [hideif] contexts so they always did it? >>> Maybe >>> it would slow everything up considerably for number comparisons or >>> something? >> >> I'd love to know this... I have never done this before, and I have >> seen nothing indicating that I should (until today). > > Because if your description field is: > > Great House! > > and your comparison is: > > [showif [description]=] > > WebDNA will interpret it as: > > [showif Great House!=] > > Which means showif Great House doesn't equal '=' > > This is covered in the archives quite a few times if my description > doesn't cut it. > > -- > Jesse Williams-Proudman > Blue Box Development :: Custom Web Solutions > +1.206.778.8777 :: jesse@blueboxdev.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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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