Re: action=add works with IE but not Communicator

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 35371
interpreted = N
texte = >Hi All! > >I'm a WebDNA neophyte, please be gentle ;-) > >I am using the following line of code to add items from a static table of >product listings to the shopping cart: > > > >Where in this case, the SKU is AC 90041 and the database it is located in >is called product.db. > >This works great with MSIE 4.5 or 5.0 (MacOS), the line item shows up fine >on the shopping cart page with all the data from the db. But with Netscape >Communicator it just shows the cart with no line items. What am I missing >here? > >Thanks in advance. > >Mike >Mike,You really shouldn't have spaces in your skus, because it causes problems like this. IE is smart enough to url-ize the space character, but Netscape just cuts off the url after ...sku=AC.You can fix your existing code by wrapping [url] tags around sku, but I would highly suggest fixing your skus.-Dale -- Dale LaFountain Vice President of Information Technology, WebMaster Dark Horse Comics, Inc. mailto:dalel@darkhorse.com Phone: 503-652-8815 x324 http://www.darkhorse.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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: action=add works with IE but not Communicator (Dale LaFountain 2000)
  2. Re: action=add works with IE but not Communicator (Will Starck 2000)
  3. action=add works with IE but not Communicator (Auto Bulb Depot-Web Manager 2000)
>Hi All! > >I'm a WebDNA neophyte, please be gentle ;-) > >I am using the following line of code to add items from a static table of >product listings to the shopping cart: > >[cart]&action=add> > >Where in this case, the SKU is AC 90041 and the database it is located in >is called product.db. > >This works great with MSIE 4.5 or 5.0 (MacOS), the line item shows up fine >on the shopping cart page with all the data from the db. But with Netscape >Communicator it just shows the cart with no line items. What am I missing >here? > >Thanks in advance. > >Mike >Mike,You really shouldn't have spaces in your skus, because it causes problems like this. IE is smart enough to url-ize the space character, but Netscape just cuts off the url after ...sku=AC.You can fix your existing code by wrapping [url] tags around sku, but I would highly suggest fixing your skus.-Dale -- Dale LaFountain Vice President of Information Technology, WebMaster Dark Horse Comics, Inc. mailto:dalel@darkhorse.com Phone: 503-652-8815 x324 http://www.darkhorse.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/ Dale LaFountain

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