Re: Bug Report, maybe

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1997

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 10409
interpreted = N
texte = >If I have a field in a Data Base that has a company name like Jones and>Smith. But I input it as Jones & Smith. When examining the file, it sawed>it off at the & Smith, leaving just Jones and a space in the data base.>Did I do something wrong or did it get confused with the & being there,>like is used in the syntax for reading and writing files.It looks like you're forgetting to use the [url] context, but I don't havea clear understanding of what you're doing ...Are you creating a tab-delimited text file from another database programthat *already* has the value Jones and Smith or Jones & Smith in one ofits record?Or are you appending a new record to an existing WebCat database and typingthe value Jones & Smith into a field on an append form?Or are you trying to replace Jones and Smith with Jones & Smith using areplace form to modify an existing WebCat database record?Or are you making this change without a form ... perhaps by typing thecommand into the Location field in your Web Browser? Or by clicking apreformatted hyperlink to do an append or replace?Sincerely,Ken------------------------------------To leave this talk list send an email to macjordomo@smithmicro.comwith BODYunsubscribe WebDNA-Talk------------------------------------  Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Bug Report, maybe (Grant Hulbert 1997) Re: Bug Report, maybe (Kenneth Grome 1997) Re: Bug Report, maybe (Grant Hulbert 1997) Re: Bug Report, maybe (Kenneth Grome 1997) Re: Bug Report, maybe (grichter@panavise.com (Gary Richter) 1997) Re: Bug Report, maybe (Grant Hulbert 1997) Re: Bug Report, maybe (grichter@panavise.com (Gary Richter) 1997) Re: Bug Report, maybe (grichter@panavise.com (Gary Richter) 1997) Re: Bug Report, maybe (Kenneth Grome 1997) Re: Bug Report, maybe (Grant Hulbert 1997) Bug Report, maybe (grichter@panavise.com (Gary Richter) 1997)

>If I have a field in a Data Base that has a company name like Jones and>Smith. But I input it as Jones & Smith. When examining the file, it sawed>it off at the & Smith, leaving just Jones and a space in the data base.>Did I do something wrong or did it get confused with the & being there,>like is used in the syntax for reading and writing files.It looks like you're forgetting to use the [url] context, but I don't havea clear understanding of what you're doing ...Are you creating a tab-delimited text file from another database programthat *already* has the value Jones and Smith or Jones & Smith in one ofits record?Or are you appending a new record to an existing WebCat database and typingthe value Jones & Smith into a field on an append form?Or are you trying to replace Jones and Smith with Jones & Smith using areplace form to modify an existing WebCat database record?Or are you making this change without a form ... perhaps by typing thecommand into the Location field in your Web Browser? Or by clicking apreformatted hyperlink to do an append or replace?Sincerely,Ken------------------------------------To leave this Talk List send an email to macjordomo@smithmicro.comwith BODYunsubscribe WebDNA-Talk------------------------------------  Kenneth Grome

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