Re: How to Display text in empty fields

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 12301
interpreted = N
texte = >I have a question I was hoping one of you might be able to answer... We >have a database that is comprised of information from different companies, >the fields are: name, url, email, phone, fax, and description. Now, not >all records make use of all the fields, for example a record for a company >might have phone, fax and email, but no URL, while another one might have >a URL and email but no phone or fax. Now the fields that don't contain any >info, are simply blank. Now here's my question, I need to format my >results page to deal with this problem. I need to either insert N/A >automatically for the empty fields, or have them simply be >ignored(i.e.leave no empty space). Does anybody have any suggestions?Blank fields are ignored automatically if they are empty.Use [field][showif [field]=]N/A[/showif] instead of just [field] wherever you want to display N/A in place of an empty field value ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: How to Display text in empty fields (Trevor Crist 1997)
  2. Re: How to Display text in empty fields (Trevor Crist 1997)
  3. How to Display text in empty fields (Jose A. Gordo 1997)
  4. Re: How to Display text in empty fields (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  5. Re:How to Display text in empty fields (Jay Van Vark 1997)
>I have a question I was hoping one of you might be able to answer... We >have a database that is comprised of information from different companies, >the fields are: name, url, email, phone, fax, and description. Now, not >all records make use of all the fields, for example a record for a company >might have phone, fax and email, but no URL, while another one might have >a URL and email but no phone or fax. Now the fields that don't contain any >info, are simply blank. Now here's my question, I need to format my >results page to deal with this problem. I need to either insert N/A >automatically for the empty fields, or have them simply be >ignored(i.e.leave no empty space). Does anybody have any suggestions?Blank fields are ignored automatically if they are empty.Use [field][showif [field]=]N/A[/showif] instead of just [field] wherever you want to display N/A in place of an empty field value ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions Kenneth Grome

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