Re: French characters in variables
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39698
interpreted = N
texte = Thanks, I changed the conversion db, as follows, but it still does not convert the form variables when passed between forms.from to À À Á Á Â Â Ã Ã Ä Ä Ç Ç È È É É Ê Ê Ë Ë Ì Ì Í Í Î Î Ï Ï Ò Ò Ó Ó Ô Ô Õ Õ Ö Ö Ù Ù Ú Ú Û Û Ü Ü à à á á â â ã ã ä ä ç ç è è é é ê ê ë ë ì ì í í î î ï ï ò ò ó ó ô ô õ õ ö ö ù ù ú ú û û ü ü ÿ ÿ ’ ' « « » » John Peacock wrote:> Larry Trudelle wrote: > > > > That's what the [ConverChars db=french.db] does, is converts the invalid characters; > > e.g.: > > From To > > À À > > Á Á > > à à > > á á > > Those are not HTML entity reference; they are the decimal representation of > those characters in ISO Latin1. The table should be this: > > À Á > Á À > à á > á à > > > > > and it works fine when displaying text on the form, whether it is within the html, or > > read from a a database, or entered into a field (form variable). > > > > But as soon as you try to pass it to another form, using GET or POST, the characters > > don't get transfered. > > > > Note; If I actually type Éléctroniques into the URL, it will pass that text to the > > form and it works fine, but I cannot get it from a form variable into the URL correctly > > (without manually typing the text, which negates the whole purpose of the form) > > > > You cannot use decimal/hex codes in URL's; you must use the HTML entity > equivalent's. Just because you can type it into the URL box doesn't mean > that the browser is not converting it for you on the fly. > > I have not tested this, but you could try wrapping your URL entries in [url] > and see if it correctly converts the extended ASCII characters to é > for example. However, you should just change your [ConvertChars] db instead. > > HTH > > John > > -- > John Peacock > Director of Information Research and Technology > Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group > 4720 Boston Way > Lanham, MD 20706 > 301-459-3366 x.5010 > fax 301-429-5747 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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Thanks, I changed the conversion db, as follows, but it still does not convert the form variables when passed between forms.from to À À Á Á Â Â Ã Ã Ä Ä Ç Ç È È É É Ê Ê Ë Ë Ì Ì Í Í Î Î Ï Ï Ò Ò Ó Ó Ô Ô Õ Õ Ö Ö Ù Ù Ú Ú Û Û Ü Ü à à á á â â ã ã ä ä ç ç è è é é ê ê ë ë ì ì í í î î ï ï ò ò ó ó ô ô õ õ ö ö ù ù ú ú û û ü ü ÿ ÿ ’ ' « « » » John Peacock wrote:> Larry Trudelle wrote: > > > > That's what the [ConverChars db=french.db] does, is converts the invalid characters; > > e.g.: > > From To > > À À > > Á Á > > à à > > á á > > Those are not HTML entity reference; they are the decimal representation of > those characters in ISO Latin1. The table should be this: > > À Á > Á À > à á > á à > > > > > and it works fine when displaying text on the form, whether it is within the html, or > > read from a a database, or entered into a field (form variable). > > > > But as soon as you try to pass it to another form, using GET or POST, the characters > > don't get transfered. > > > > Note; If I actually type Éléctroniques into the URL, it will pass that text to the > > form and it works fine, but I cannot get it from a form variable into the URL correctly > > (without manually typing the text, which negates the whole purpose of the form) > > > > You cannot use decimal/hex codes in URL's; you must use the HTML entity > equivalent's. Just because you can type it into the URL box doesn't mean > that the browser is not converting it for you on the fly. > > I have not tested this, but you could try wrapping your URL entries in [url] > and see if it correctly converts the extended ASCII characters to é > for example. However, you should just change your [convertchars] db instead. > > HTH > > John > > -- > John Peacock > Director of Information Research and Technology > Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group > 4720 Boston Way > Lanham, MD 20706 > 301-459-3366 x.5010 > fax 301-429-5747 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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