Re: forms and variables

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >There are 3 cases that I can think of where variable are handled slightly >differently: > >1) Page to page passing of variables: > a) the first time a form is completed via HTML/HTTP > > > b) using WebDNA to pass variables through subsuquent pages > > or > You shouldn't need [url][myvariable][/url] when passing variable values in hidden form fields ... >2) Recording varialbes in a database (i.e with APPEND or REPLACE) > [append db=mydata.db]FirstName=[var1][/append] > or > [append db=mydata.db]FirstName=[url][var1][/url][/append]The reason for wrapping them in a [url] context is to make sure they get into the db in the proper form. If there's any chance that [var1] might contain a character that's not allowed in a database, such as a return character entered into a