Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution

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2002

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texte = The online docs for the [if][then][else] tag, uses these examples:[If [browsername] ^ Mozilla] and [If Hello ^ hell]It doesn't seem to make a difference, and I normally use the regular waywithout spaces, but to troubleshoot the problem, I thought I'd better usethe syntax in the SM examples.on 13/11/02 10:32 pm, Donovan at dbrooke@ehg.net wrote:> because quotes are used in an if statement to signify a text comparison.> > Also, I noticed in your if statement that you have spaces before and> after the ^. This> may work for you but it is not the documented syntax (ie. no spaces)> thus I wouldn't trust it.> (I posted this with my other address but it doesn't seem to be working> right now :-( My> appologeeeeeez if this thread gets dup's from me.> > Donovan> > > > Mark Derrick wrote:> >> Bizarrely, the retrieved data didn't contain quotations, although it did>> contain a couple of hashes right at the end, which I assume may have caused>> the problem.>> >> What confuses me though, is why [if[ was bothered about it, yet [showif]>> wasn't>> >> on 13/11/02 4:38 pm, John Peacock at jpeacock@rowman.com wrote:>> >> >> >>> Mark Derrick wrote:>>> >>> >>> >>>> Not sure why [if] requires the variable to be wrapped in [url], but this>>>> seems to now work.>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Because the content you were retrieving contained quotation marks. You must>>> use >>> [url] any time some portion of your imput might contain characters which>>> will>>> confuse the WebDNA parser.>>> >>> John>>> >>> >> -------------------------------------------------------------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:

Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Brian Fries 2002)
Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Donovan Brooke 2002)
Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Mark Derrick 2002)
Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Mark Derrick 2002)
Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Rob Marquardt 2002)
Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Donovan 2002)
Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Mark Derrick 2002)
Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (John Peacock 2002)
Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Grant Hulbert 2002)
Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Mark Derrick 2002)

The online docs for the [if][then][else] tag, uses these examples:[If [browsername] ^ Mozilla] and [If Hello ^ hell]It doesn't seem to make a difference, and I normally use the regular waywithout spaces, but to troubleshoot the problem, I thought I'd better usethe syntax in the SM examples.on 13/11/02 10:32 pm, Donovan at dbrooke@ehg.net wrote:> because quotes are used in an if statement to signify a text comparison.> > Also, I noticed in your if statement that you have spaces before and> after the ^. This> may work for you but it is not the documented syntax (ie. no spaces)> thus I wouldn't trust it.> (I posted this with my other address but it doesn't seem to be working> right now :-( My> appologeeeeeez if this thread gets dup's from me.> > Donovan> > > > Mark Derrick wrote:> >> Bizarrely, the retrieved data didn't contain quotations, although it did>> contain a couple of hashes right at the end, which I assume may have caused>> the problem.>> >> What confuses me though, is why [if[ was bothered about it, yet [showif]>> wasn't>> >> on 13/11/02 4:38 pm, John Peacock at jpeacock@rowman.com wrote:>> >> >> >>> Mark Derrick wrote:>>> >>> >>> >>>> Not sure why [if] requires the variable to be wrapped in [url], but this>>>> seems to now work.>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Because the content you were retrieving contained quotation marks. You must>>> use >>> [url] any time some portion of your imput might contain characters which>>> will>>> confuse the WebDNA parser.>>> >>> John>>> >>> >> -------------------------------------------------------------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/ Mark Derrick

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Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution

2002

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