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texte = but I thought values generated from a [search] were SUPPOSED to override [math] and [text] values.... this is what you told me several weeks ago. So if the [search] indeeds finds 0 records then it seems like proper behaviour, no? (I must be missing something?)-JohnKenneth Grome wrote:> >> 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? > > > > > >Are you posting to the page in a search context using: > > > > No, there is no external max value being passed into this page, or else it would override my efforts to set max to 9 as a text or math variable. > > The issue here is that [max] displays 9 everywhere on the page -- EXCEPT inside the search context, where it displays 0. Of course this breaks my code because it is doing the wrong thing by displaying 0 instead of 9 ... :( > > This behavior is WRONG based on everything we have learned about the way the webdna language is *supposed* to work, therefore I conclude that this is another bug SM needs to fix. > > ================================ > Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant > 808-737-6499 http://webdna.net > ================================ > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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but I thought values generated from a [search] were SUPPOSED to override [math] and [text] values.... this is what you told me several weeks ago. So if the [search] indeeds finds 0 records then it seems like proper behaviour, no? (I must be missing something?)-JohnKenneth Grome wrote:> >> 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? > > > > > >Are you posting to the page in a search context using: > > > > No, there is no external max value being passed into this page, or else it would override my efforts to set max to 9 as a text or math variable. > > The issue here is that [max] displays 9 everywhere on the page -- EXCEPT inside the search context, where it displays 0. Of course this breaks my code because it is doing the wrong thing by displaying 0 instead of 9 ... :( > > This behavior is WRONG based on everything we have learned about the way the webdna language is *supposed* to work, therefore I conclude that this is another bug SM needs to fix. > > ================================ > Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant > 808-737-6499 http://webdna.net > ================================ > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 John Butler
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