Re: [append] - illegal characters?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 28437
interpreted = N
texte = >Regarding the APPEND Context, The WebCat online manual states: > >Certain letters are illegal, such as
or , so they are >converted to and before being added to the database. > >Are there any other characters it converts? Can I find out what they are?Just remember to *always* [url] the values you append to a webcatalog database and you will never have any problems ... >The problem I am working in right now is that I am adding product >descriptions from a FileMaker Pro Database and some of them have ampersands >& in them. This truncates the ampersand and anything else after it until >it comes to the next ampersand and valid name=value pair. Any Idea on a work >around other than just not using ampersands in the copy?[url]ing the values will fix this ...And if you're exporting an entire database from FMP as a tab-delimited text file, you're not really appending anything anyways, so you shouldn't have any problems with this method either ... :)================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499 http://webdna.net ================================------------------------------------------------------------- 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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>Regarding the APPEND Context, The WebCat online manual states: > >Certain letters are illegal, such as or , so they are >converted to and before being added to the database. > >Are there any other characters it converts? Can I find out what they are?Just remember to *always* [url] the values you append to a webcatalog database and you will never have any problems ... >The problem I am working in right now is that I am adding product >descriptions from a FileMaker Pro Database and some of them have ampersands >& in them. This truncates the ampersand and anything else after it until >it comes to the next ampersand and valid name=value pair. Any Idea on a work >around other than just not using ampersands in the copy?[url]ing the values will fix this ...And if you're exporting an entire database from FMP as a tab-delimited text file, you're not really appending anything anyways, so you shouldn't have any problems with this method either ... :)================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499 http://webdna.net ================================------------------------------------------------------------- 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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