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texte = Maybe that will helpBrian BoegershausenWebCatalog Programmerwww.collegefever.com----- Original Message -----From: John Butler To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 3:41 PMSubject: how to get s repeatedly in and out of a form?> Sunday warriors->> I have a form that lets the admin person create products (including fieldsfor the product> that may contain all kinds of illegal chars). The inputted values getinto the product> db. When the admin wishes to tweak something about that product, then shegoes back to> the same form which does a [search][founditems] to load the db fieldvalues into the> values of the form variables. And I am not yet able to maintain the quotcharacter (or> anything past it in an inputted value).>> Here's an example->> 1) She first creates the product, inputting '8"' to designate 8inches for the> dimensions field for that product. That gets into the db as '8"'.>> 2) When she revisits the same HTML form to tweak something, then it loads'8' (the number> 8 followed by a single quote mark) into the value of the dimensions textinput (that's> proper HTML syntax). Upon submitting the from this second time, thevalue '8' gets> into the db.>> 3) When she revisits the same form again, then it loads '8' (the number 8alone) into the> value of the dimensions text input (the quote mark designates the end ofthe value).> Upon submitting the from this third time, the value '8' gets into the db.So we have> completely lost the inches. It could be 8 meters for all we know.>> If I [URL]ize [dimensions] in the [replace append=T] context, then theoriginally> inputted '"' gets into the db as '"' (so far so good), butdisplays in the> HTML form (next time she goes to it) as just a quote mark (). and we areback into the> problem loop at step # 2 above.>> If I also [URL]ize the value for dimensions in the HTML form (like this - NAME=Dimensions SIZE=15 TYPE=text VALUE=[URL][Title][/URL]> then'8"' gets> into the db as '8"' like I want, but displays in the HTML form as'8%26quot%3B'.> This is no good because upon the next round trip the value would be'8%2526quot%253B'. ad> infinitum.>> With textareas, one doesn't have this problem since the quote is not usedto deliminate> the textarea value, but how are you all getting quote marks into yourregular text inputs?>> -John>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant MessagingServer.> To end your Mail problems go to .>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to-------------------------------------------------------------Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server.To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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Re: how to get s repeatedly in and out of a form? (Brian Boegershausen 1999)
[convertchars][Title][/convertchars]>Maybe that will helpBrian BoegershausenWebCatalog Programmerwww.collegefever.com----- Original Message -----From: John Butler To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 3:41 PMSubject: how to get s repeatedly in and out of a form?> Sunday warriors->> I have a form that lets the admin person create products (including fieldsfor the product> that may contain all kinds of illegal chars). The inputted values getinto the product> db. When the admin wishes to tweak something about that product, then shegoes back to> the same form which does a [search][founditems] to load the db fieldvalues into the> values of the form variables. And I am not yet able to maintain the quotcharacter (or> anything past it in an inputted value).>> Here's an example->> 1) She first creates the product, inputting '8"' to designate 8inches for the> dimensions field for that product. That gets into the db as '8"'.>> 2) When she revisits the same HTML form to tweak something, then it loads'8' (the number> 8 followed by a single quote mark) into the value of the dimensions textinput (that's> proper HTML syntax). Upon submitting the from this second time, thevalue '8' gets> into the db.>> 3) When she revisits the same form again, then it loads '8' (the number 8alone) into the> value of the dimensions text input (the quote mark designates the end ofthe value).> Upon submitting the from this third time, the value '8' gets into the db.So we have> completely lost the inches. It could be 8 meters for all we know.>> If I [url]ize [dimensions] in the [replace append=T] context, then theoriginally> inputted '"' gets into the db as '"' (so far so good), butdisplays in the> HTML form (next time she goes to it) as just a quote mark (). and we areback into the> problem loop at step # 2 above.>> If I also [url]ize the value for dimensions in the HTML form (like this - NAME=Dimensions SIZE=15 TYPE=text VALUE=[url][Title][/URL]> then'8"' gets> into the db as '8"' like I want, but displays in the HTML form as'8%26quot%3B'.> This is no good because upon the next round trip the value would be'8%2526quot%253B'. ad> infinitum.>> With textareas, one doesn't have this problem since the quote is not usedto deliminate> the textarea value, but how are you all getting quote marks into yourregular text inputs?>> -John>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant MessagingServer.> To end your Mail problems go to .>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to-------------------------------------------------------------Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server.To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Brian Boegershausen
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