Re: Field names beginning with Reg..

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 42951
interpreted = N
texte = I ran into this a while back with §, as in §ion=[blah]. But it wasn't a webcat error, it was a Windows IE error. This only happened on Windows IE browsers. So, with that narrowing it down, I was able to determine what was happening. Windows IE does not (as it should) require the ; semi-colon termination of named character encodings. So where other browsers would properly show §ion, Win IE would incorrectly decode the § part and the result was §ion. Make sure you are not just seeing an illusion when viewing your source code in Win IE while trying to debug this.More: I have just confirmed that this is now a bug in IE 5.2 on OS X. This used _not_ to be a problem on Mac. Haven't checked it in a while so maybe it was the jump to OS X. But I have confirmed that putting [interpret]®istrantidtype[/interpret] in a template served via OS 9.2/WebDNA 4.5 does not interpret the ® into the registration symbol. But the browser (IE 5.2 OSX) does interpret it as Žistrantidtype. This confirms that it's the browser, not WebDNA, at least in this small example.Glen: This technique is actually quite useful in certain circumstances (using [interpret] this way, that is). The first place I saw it used this way was long ago in the DBEditor that is posted to the WebCatalog examples FTP site. Basically, you loop through the db fields dynamically for use in your append or replace context instead of writing out the code longhand. Very handy for databases with many fields.MikeOn Tuesday, August 27, 2002, at 09:24 PM, Tim Robinson wrote:> Thanks for your reply Glenn. > > Here's the [append]: > > [append db=data/registration.db]SKU=[cart]&[ListFields > db=data/registration.db][FieldName]=[Interpret][[FieldName]][/ > Interpret]&[/L > istFields][/append] > > adding [url] does not work: > > &[ListFields > db=data/registration.db][[url]FieldName[/ > url]]=[Interpret][[[url]FieldName[/ > url]]][/Interpret]&[/ListFields] > > It returns (literally) [FieldName]=[actual field name] > > Tim ------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Field names beginning with Reg.. (dale's stuff 2002)
  2. Re: Field names beginning with Reg.. (Rob Marquardt 2002)
  3. Re: Field names beginning with Reg.. (Glenn Busbin 2002)
  4. Re: Field names beginning with Reg.. (Michael Davis 2002)
  5. Re: Field names beginning with Reg.. (Tim Robinson 2002)
  6. Re: Field names beginning with Reg.. (Michael Davis 2002)
  7. Re: Field names beginning with Reg.. (Inkblot Media 2002)
  8. Re: Field names beginning with Reg.. (Inkblot Media 2002)
  9. Re: Field names beginning with Reg.. (Glenn Busbin 2002)
  10. Re: Field names beginning with Reg.. (Tim Robinson 2002)
  11. Re: Field names beginning with Reg.. (Glenn Busbin 2002)
  12. Field names beginning with Reg.. (Tim Robinson 2002)
I ran into this a while back with §, as in §ion=[blah]. But it wasn't a webcat error, it was a Windows IE error. This only happened on Windows IE browsers. So, with that narrowing it down, I was able to determine what was happening. Windows IE does not (as it should) require the ; semi-colon termination of named character encodings. So where other browsers would properly show §ion, Win IE would incorrectly decode the § part and the result was §ion. Make sure you are not just seeing an illusion when viewing your source code in Win IE while trying to debug this.More: I have just confirmed that this is now a bug in IE 5.2 on OS X. This used _not_ to be a problem on Mac. Haven't checked it in a while so maybe it was the jump to OS X. But I have confirmed that putting [interpret]®istrantidtype[/interpret] in a template served via OS 9.2/WebDNA 4.5 does not interpret the ® into the registration symbol. But the browser (IE 5.2 OSX) does interpret it as Žistrantidtype. This confirms that it's the browser, not WebDNA, at least in this small example.Glen: This technique is actually quite useful in certain circumstances (using [interpret] this way, that is). The first place I saw it used this way was long ago in the DBEditor that is posted to the WebCatalog examples FTP site. Basically, you loop through the db fields dynamically for use in your append or replace context instead of writing out the code longhand. Very handy for databases with many fields.MikeOn Tuesday, August 27, 2002, at 09:24 PM, Tim Robinson wrote:> Thanks for your reply Glenn. > > Here's the [append]: > > [append db=data/registration.db]SKU=[cart]&[ListFields > db=data/registration.db][FieldName]=[interpret][[FieldName]][/ > Interpret]&[/L > istFields][/append] > > adding [url] does not work: > > &[ListFields > db=data/registration.db][[url]FieldName[/ > url]]=[interpret][[[url]FieldName[/ > url]]][/Interpret]&[/ListFields] > > It returns (literally) [FieldName]=[actual field name] > > Tim ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Michael Davis

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