Re: Another new bug found ...
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Yes, I think SM should definitely have placed a large warning to the effect of: Anyone stupid enough to use embedded spaces in field names or fields names the same as reserved WebDNA parameter or context names will discover that their web sites will break, due to some updates in the consistency of WebCatalog's parser. It's your own fault for working without any knowledge of generally accepted programming practices. Caveat programmer...John PeacockKenneth Grome wrote: > > >In order to accommodate the new XML-style parser (which by > >definition does not allow spaces in any parameter names), the > >parser has been changed to treat spaces as delimiters just like > >other languages do. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused. > > There's no confusion here, once again you have demonstrated a total > lack of consideration for existing webcatalog customers -- by > changing the rules without bothering to tell us about it. > > You did the same thing when you tried to impose your new variable > hierarchy on us, and that mistake *also* caused pre-existing webcat > sites to fail -- with no advance warning of what was going on. > > If you make a change which will may render our existing webcat sites > useless, then why do you always *fail* to tell us about such critical > changes in advance? > > ================================ > Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant > 808-737-6499 http://webdna.net > ================================ > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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Yes, I think SM should definitely have placed a large warning to the effect of: Anyone stupid enough to use embedded spaces in field names or fields names the same as reserved WebDNA parameter or context names will discover that their web sites will break, due to some updates in the consistency of WebCatalog's parser. It's your own fault for working without any knowledge of generally accepted programming practices. Caveat programmer...John PeacockKenneth Grome wrote: > > >In order to accommodate the new XML-style parser (which by > >definition does not allow spaces in any parameter names), the > >parser has been changed to treat spaces as delimiters just like > >other languages do. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused. > > There's no confusion here, once again you have demonstrated a total > lack of consideration for existing webcatalog customers -- by > changing the rules without bothering to tell us about it. > > You did the same thing when you tried to impose your new variable > hierarchy on us, and that mistake *also* caused pre-existing webcat > sites to fail -- with no advance warning of what was going on. > > If you make a change which will may render our existing webcat sites > useless, then why do you always *fail* to tell us about such critical > changes in advance? > > ================================ > 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 > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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