Re: What abobut variables named max ???
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = on 3/19/2000 1:54 PM, Kenneth Grome at ken@simplewebstores.com wrote:>> SM, >> >> Why can't I create a text or math variable named max? >> Why does a [max] tag return a preset value of zero? >> >> What other variables names are preset internally? >> Why isn't this behavior documented? > > > I learned more about this issue. It seems I can set a variable named max to > a value of 9 before a search context, and it keeps the value of 9 > everywhere on the page *except* inside the search context, where it changes to > a value of 0 for some unknown (and undocumented) reason. > > What's going on here? All I'm trying to do is use: > > [showif [numfound]>[max]] > Show more items ...
> [shownext] > [/shownext] > [showif] > > inside my search context in order to show or hide the enclosed text and webdna > code. So why is webcatalog changing my preset max variable value from 9 to > 0 in this code? > > And why is this behavior not documented? > > Or is this just another bug in your software? > Ken, within a search, max is a parameter of the search. &max=20 for example. It would make sense not to use variables with names such as max, append, replace, delete, shownext, startat, AllReqd, group1field, AllHit, AllCase, allBLNK etc.Mike ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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on 3/19/2000 1:54 PM, Kenneth Grome at ken@simplewebstores.com wrote:>> SM, >> >> Why can't I create a text or math variable named max? >> Why does a [max] tag return a preset value of zero? >> >> What other variables names are preset internally? >> Why isn't this behavior documented? > > > I learned more about this issue. It seems I can set a variable named max to > a value of 9 before a search context, and it keeps the value of 9 > everywhere on the page *except* inside the search context, where it changes to > a value of 0 for some unknown (and undocumented) reason. > > What's going on here? All I'm trying to do is use: > > [showif [numfound]>[max]] > Show more items ...
> [shownext] > [/shownext] > [showif] > > inside my search context in order to show or hide the enclosed text and webdna > code. So why is webcatalog changing my preset max variable value from 9 to > 0 in this code? > > And why is this behavior not documented? > > Or is this just another bug in your software? > Ken, within a search, max is a parameter of the search. &max=20 for example. It would make sense not to use variables with names such as max, append, replace, delete, shownext, startat, AllReqd, group1field, AllHit, AllCase, allBLNK etc.Mike ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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