Re: practicing safe queries..
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texte = On 6/5/2000 10:31, Jereme Claussen said:>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?Yup, it does this already, not from now on. Try putting [rubbish] in your page. WebCat ignores it.Sure I can use showifs, but why should I if it works?And how do you define a bad query? How is WebCat to decide? I think the less assumptions it makes the better, as long as the results are clearly and simply defined. And for the most part they are. I don't care one way or the other about this particular feature of WebCat, but it IS a feature and should not be arbitrarily changed just because it seemed like a good idea. That's the way to break existing systems. See the debate on variable hierarchies-- same issue. Thomas Wedderburn-Bisshop CIO, Woomera Net Solutions www.woomeranet.com.au Sydney, Australia Phone +61 2 9633 5048 fax +61 2 9633 5248 ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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On 6/5/2000 10:31, Jereme Claussen said:>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?Yup, it does this already, not from now on. Try putting [rubbish] in your page. WebCat ignores it.Sure I can use showifs, but why should I if it works?And how do you define a bad query? How is WebCat to decide? I think the less assumptions it makes the better, as long as the results are clearly and simply defined. And for the most part they are. I don't care one way or the other about this particular feature of WebCat, but it IS a feature and should not be arbitrarily changed just because it seemed like a good idea. That's the way to break existing systems. See the debate on variable hierarchies-- same issue. Thomas Wedderburn-Bisshop CIO, Woomera Net Solutions www.woomeranet.com.au Sydney, Australia Phone +61 2 9633 5048 fax +61 2 9633 5248 ############################################################# 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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