Re: Sending & and other chars thru an append context
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 40737
interpreted = N
texte = [url] is your friend...[append ...]field=[url][value][/url][/append]You should make a habit of using [url] around the values for all append and replace contexts. Only when I know for an absolute fact that the value could never contain an ampersand do I leave out the url context.- brianAt 12:26 PM 6/20/02, Alisha Outridge wrote:>I need to append a value such as Koch & Lowy into a WebCat >database. (Koch & Lowy is the potential value of the variable: >[Manufacturer])>>Problem is, it is not putting it in since the char & is used for >another purpose in WebCat. This would be easy to solve if it weren't >for the fact that after this I have a Filemaker DB looking to this >WebCat DB for information. I need the Filemaker DB searching the >webcat DB to see the value Koch & Lowy not Koch and Lowy or >Koch %xxx Lowy so this append must let the value Koch & Lowy >send to thru the Append rather than just Koch.>>Does anyone know a way to tell webcat to leave the code as it is >after the variable [Manufacturer] is interpreted? (the [raw] tag >does not help because it does not allow me to receive the value of >the variable.)>>>Alisha Outridge>Spec Simple, Inc.>Where the World of Design Connects...-- <= Brian C. Fries, BrainScan Software http://www.brainscansoftware.com =><= Macintosh, Internet and Multimedia http://www.artsofauburn.com =><= Development and Consulting =>-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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[url] is your friend...[append ...]field=[url][value][/url][/append]You should make a habit of using [url] around the values for all append and replace contexts. Only when I know for an absolute fact that the value could never contain an ampersand do I leave out the url context.- brianAt 12:26 PM 6/20/02, Alisha Outridge wrote:>I need to append a value such as Koch & Lowy into a WebCat >database. (Koch & Lowy is the potential value of the variable: >[Manufacturer])>>Problem is, it is not putting it in since the char & is used for >another purpose in WebCat. This would be easy to solve if it weren't >for the fact that after this I have a Filemaker DB looking to this >WebCat DB for information. I need the Filemaker DB searching the >webcat DB to see the value Koch & Lowy not Koch and Lowy or >Koch %xxx Lowy so this append must let the value Koch & Lowy >send to thru the Append rather than just Koch.>>Does anyone know a way to tell webcat to leave the code as it is >after the variable [Manufacturer] is interpreted? (the [raw] tag >does not help because it does not allow me to receive the value of >the variable.)>>>Alisha Outridge>Spec Simple, Inc.>Where the World of Design Connects...-- <= Brian C. Fries, BrainScan Software http://www.brainscansoftware.com =><= Macintosh, Internet and Multimedia http://www.artsofauburn.com =><= Development and Consulting =>-------------------------------------------------------------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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