Re: controlling user input

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 18431
interpreted = N
texte = >That works fine (and is not used very often in this site), lookup is fast, >but I wonder if subsequent lookups for up to 30 user-entered characters are >the state of the art in WebCat-programming ;-)I use a different technique, but yours seems like it would be faster. Mine checks the entire field for unacceptable characters by using a whole series of math contexts inside showifs and hideifs ... instead of checking acceptable characters. Maybe I'll compare them some time to see which is faster.One thing's for sure, my technique also works with Typhoon ... because it does everything without using an extra database. But for WebCat yours is probably preferred.Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: controlling user input (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  2. controlling user input (Peter Ostry 1998)
>That works fine (and is not used very often in this site), lookup is fast, >but I wonder if subsequent lookups for up to 30 user-entered characters are >the state of the art in WebCat-programming ;-)I use a different technique, but yours seems like it would be faster. Mine checks the entire field for unacceptable characters by using a whole series of math contexts inside showifs and hideifs ... instead of checking acceptable characters. Maybe I'll compare them some time to see which is faster.One thing's for sure, my technique also works with Typhoon ... because it does everything without using an extra database. But for WebCat yours is probably preferred.Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Kenneth Grome

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