Re: My X-Mas Wish
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 22987
interpreted = N
texte = On 1/25/1999 8:54 pm, Brian B. Burton so noted...>After literally hours of trying to figure out why [date] with formatting >wasn't >working, it occurred to me that I had been had. That's right kids, (and for >those of you in the back seats who might have missed it) There is a field >in the >shopping cart called date, and if you use a [date] tag on a page being shown >using a $showcart or a $purchase then you get the ascii values of the date >field >in the shopping cart, and not the variable of the date. You can Kiss Off >using >the methods that are documented to work with [date] to show a formatted date.This comes up every few months as I think just about everyone's been burned by it (myself included). Definitely should be near the top of any potential troubleshooting FAQ. I know at the time (pre-[text] era) I set the formatted date to one of the cart's header fields (which would be a good place to store the [cart] number as well, if you needed a filename-independent place to store that information). I can sympathize with the context-sensitive [date] tag -- it's not the clearest thing.Me, I'm driven crazy that flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. I petition to Webster's for years, but do they listen?... ; )Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com
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On 1/25/1999 8:54 pm, Brian B. Burton so noted...>After literally hours of trying to figure out why
[date] with formatting >wasn't >working, it occurred to me that I had been had. That's right kids, (and for >those of you in the back seats who might have missed it) There is a field >in the >shopping cart called date, and if you use a
[date] tag on a page being shown >using a $showcart or a $purchase then you get the ascii values of the date >field >in the shopping cart, and not the variable of the date. You can Kiss Off >using >the methods that are documented to work with
[date] to show a formatted date.This comes up every few months as I think just about everyone's been burned by it (myself included). Definitely should be near the top of any potential troubleshooting FAQ. I know at the time (pre-
[text] era) I set the formatted date to one of the cart's header fields (which would be a good place to store the
[cart] number as well, if you needed a filename-independent place to store that information). I can sympathize with the context-sensitive
[date] tag -- it's not the clearest thing.Me, I'm driven crazy that flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. I petition to Webster's for years, but do they listen?... ; )Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com
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