Re: Special characters in field names
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 21727
interpreted = N
texte = I have a table that I've used for months with %20 embedded in the names of one of the fields. It was very convenient because the field name represents a variable name that is often passed through URLs and has a space in it, needed for using the words for display. But now I'm trying to append to this table and the field with the %20 in the name does not put the value in for this field but appends the rest of the record.Until this, I'd been doing only lookups on this table and the %20 was fine.Since this approach is peppered throughout the site pretty deeply, any way to make the field name with %20 in it work for an append command? Thanks in advance!Sandy >>Are the following characters acceptable for use in field names -- without >>any special webdna coding to worry about? >> >>@ ( ) - % ~ ` : ; , . > >Well, I'd probably be careful with % because of its use as a URL escape >character, but in general there are no limits to fieldnames (except for >tab, return and linefeed). You can even have fieldnames that consist of >only space characters. Where you run into trouble is with the URLs, >meaning that browsers themselves might not like having those characters in >URL parameters. But embedded WebDNA shouldn't care. > >Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== >Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, >11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, >San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon >619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ > >
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I have a table that I've used for months with %20 embedded in the names of one of the fields. It was very convenient because the field name represents a variable name that is often passed through URLs and has a space in it, needed for using the words for display. But now I'm trying to append to this table and the field with the %20 in the name does not put the value in for this field but appends the rest of the record.Until this, I'd been doing only lookups on this table and the %20 was fine.Since this approach is peppered throughout the site pretty deeply, any way to make the field name with %20 in it work for an append command? Thanks in advance!Sandy >>Are the following characters acceptable for use in field names -- without >>any special webdna coding to worry about? >> >>@ ( ) - % ~ ` : ; , . > >Well, I'd probably be careful with % because of its use as a URL escape >character, but in general there are no limits to fieldnames (except for >tab, return and linefeed). You can even have fieldnames that consist of >only space characters. Where you run into trouble is with the URLs, >meaning that browsers themselves might not like having those characters in >URL parameters. But embedded WebDNA shouldn't care. > >Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== >Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, >11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, >San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon >619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ > >
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