Re: Sending & and other chars thru an append context
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = > That's all dandy Brian but [url] makes tag go into Koch %xxx Lowy > format. I need Koch & Lowy inside the database for a Filemaker > database to see. A web browser is not interpreting the end result so > webcat does not have the ability to [unurl] it to show it to a user > properly. > > I need a more complex friend to solve my problem... > > > On Thursday, June 20, 2002, at 12:54 PM, Brian Fries wrote: > >> [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. >> >> - brian >> >> At 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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> That's all dandy Brian but [url] makes tag go into Koch %xxx Lowy > format. I need Koch & Lowy inside the database for a Filemaker > database to see. A web browser is not interpreting the end result so > webcat does not have the ability to [unurl] it to show it to a user > properly. > > I need a more complex friend to solve my problem... > > > On Thursday, June 20, 2002, at 12:54 PM, Brian Fries wrote: > >> [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. >> >> - brian >> >> At 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 > digest@talk.smithmicro.com> >> 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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