Re: Sending & and other chars thru an append context
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 40745
interpreted = N
texte = It only does that for the duration of the command. WebCat automatically [unurl]'s the values when writing them to the DB. The & will be there.Trust in you simple friends. Try it, you'll like it.- brianAt 1:27 PM 6/20/02, Alisha Outridge wrote:>That's all dandy Brian [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...>>>Alisha Outridge>Spec Simple, Inc.>Where the World of Design Connects...>>**************************************************************************>****>From: Brian Fries
>Date: Thu Jun 20, 2002 12:54:11 PM US/Eastern>To: (WebCatalog Talk)>Subject: Re: Sending & and other chars thru an append context>Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk)>>[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>**************************************************************************>****>>From: Alisha Outridge >Date: Thu Jun 20, 2002 12:26:53 PM US/Eastern>To: (WebCatalog Talk)>Subject: Sending & and other chars thru an append context>>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...-------------------------------------------------------------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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It only does that for the duration of the command. WebCat automatically [unurl]'s the values when writing them to the DB. The & will be there.Trust in you simple friends. Try it, you'll like it.- brianAt 1:27 PM 6/20/02, Alisha Outridge wrote:>That's all dandy Brian [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...>>>Alisha Outridge>Spec Simple, Inc.>Where the World of Design Connects...>>**************************************************************************>****>From: Brian Fries >Date: Thu Jun 20, 2002 12:54:11 PM US/Eastern>To: (WebCatalog Talk)>Subject: Re: Sending & and other chars thru an append context>Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk)>>[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>**************************************************************************>****>>From: Alisha Outridge >Date: Thu Jun 20, 2002 12:26:53 PM US/Eastern>To: (WebCatalog Talk)>Subject: Sending & and other chars thru an append context>>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...-------------------------------------------------------------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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