Re: practicing safe queries..
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = So should it be standard practice that from now on WebCat ignores any tags it can't parse? Aside from that, can't you use showif's and hideif's to make your queries dynamic?I'm not saying that exceptions should be made for bad coders, because that is what is already happening.. Mistyped queries should bring about an error.Until I attain my God status, I can't guarantee that my code will be absolutely without error all the time. So, until then, I would like to be notified when I have an error in my code. It's like baking cookies and saying Oh, I don't know what eggs are... I'll just skip that part of the recipe!..As far as I can tell, if you are depending on this, then you are kind of depending on a bug.. Don't take that as a stab.. It's just my POV..Jereme>At present, WebCat ignores any tokens it doesn't understand. I think >that's great, and I for one use it in templates that can handle different >databases (ie with different fields). > >That has always been a feature (possibly undocumented) and we shouldn't >lose it now just to make up for a lack of vigilance on a coder's part. > >I think the USA invented the phrase the price of freedom is eternal >vigilance. I agree, but using a phrase I hear more often: if you can't >stand the heat, get out of the kitchen! > >This not a flame, just a strong suggestion that we keep the power and >flexibility of the platform without adding any potentially crippling >second-guessing special cases.-- Jereme Claussen jeremec@darkhorse.com Web Developer Dark Horse Comics 503.652.8815.330 http://www.dhorse.com/ I mustn't fear.. Fear is the mime killer..############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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So should it be standard practice that from now on WebCat ignores any tags it can't parse? Aside from that, can't you use showif's and hideif's to make your queries dynamic?I'm not saying that exceptions should be made for bad coders, because that is what is already happening.. Mistyped queries should bring about an error.Until I attain my God status, I can't guarantee that my code will be absolutely without error all the time. So, until then, I would like to be notified when I have an error in my code. It's like baking cookies and saying Oh, I don't know what eggs are... I'll just skip that part of the recipe!..As far as I can tell, if you are depending on this, then you are kind of depending on a bug.. Don't take that as a stab.. It's just my POV..Jereme>At present, WebCat ignores any tokens it doesn't understand. I think >that's great, and I for one use it in templates that can handle different >databases (ie with different fields). > >That has always been a feature (possibly undocumented) and we shouldn't >lose it now just to make up for a lack of vigilance on a coder's part. > >I think the USA invented the phrase the price of freedom is eternal >vigilance. I agree, but using a phrase I hear more often: if you can't >stand the heat, get out of the kitchen! > >This not a flame, just a strong suggestion that we keep the power and >flexibility of the platform without adding any potentially crippling >second-guessing special cases.-- Jereme Claussen jeremec@darkhorse.com Web Developer Dark Horse Comics 503.652.8815.330 http://www.dhorse.com/ I mustn't fear.. Fear is the mime killer..############################################################# 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 To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to
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