Re: Showif dates...
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Tim Robinson wrote:> Isn't this example ({[date]}<{15/12/2000}) just evaluating dates and has > nothing to do with [math]? > > {[date]} would bring up the value 4/12/2002 (running as dd/mm/yyyy). And > as the docs says Dates must be enclosed in curly braces to distinguish them > from regular numbers. So ({[date]}<{15/12/2000}) becomes > ({4/12/2002}<{15/12/2000}) which because the curly brackets indicates they > are dates, evaluates as true and has nothing to do with [math], or am I > wrong?;-) I think what the *creator* of our illustrious application is saying is that that you can use any peram that works inside a math context. Both methods work. I find this interesting though because according to what Grant is saying, all datesare actually converted to days ???? inside an if context. Is this right?When I became aware of the date as days format many a door opened and I think most developers will probably use this format.. especially if the value is to be stored.Donovan> > > Regards, > Tim > > > From: Grant Hulbert
> > Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk) > > Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 15:06:37 -0800 > > To: (WebCatalog Talk) > > Subject: Re: Showif dates... > > > >> Tim's version and my version of the same code brings a question to mind. > >> > >> I am of the mindset the you would need the math (like Tim used), but in the > >> WebDocs under the if statement it shows this as an example: > >> > >> [If (([username]=Grant) | ([grandTotal]<100)) & ({[date]}<{2/15/2000})] > >> > >> where the dates is between the {} but without the math context. Which is > >> correct? > > > > Turns out the [If] context is really just a disguised [math] context that > > evaluates to true/false, so the example is correct: the {} work just fine in > > this case because they really think they're inside a [math] context already. > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Tim Robinson wrote:> Isn't this example ({[date]}<{15/12/2000}) just evaluating dates and has > nothing to do with [math]? > > {[date]} would bring up the value 4/12/2002 (running as dd/mm/yyyy). And > as the docs says Dates must be enclosed in curly braces to distinguish them > from regular numbers. So ({[date]}<{15/12/2000}) becomes > ({4/12/2002}<{15/12/2000}) which because the curly brackets indicates they > are dates, evaluates as true and has nothing to do with [math], or am I > wrong?;-) I think what the *creator* of our illustrious application is saying is that that you can use any peram that works inside a math context. Both methods work. I find this interesting though because according to what Grant is saying, all datesare actually converted to days ???? inside an if context. Is this right?When I became aware of the date as days format many a door opened and I think most developers will probably use this format.. especially if the value is to be stored.Donovan> > > Regards, > Tim > > > From: Grant Hulbert > > Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk) > > Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 15:06:37 -0800 > > To: (WebCatalog Talk) > > Subject: Re: Showif dates... > > > >> Tim's version and my version of the same code brings a question to mind. > >> > >> I am of the mindset the you would need the math (like Tim used), but in the > >> WebDocs under the if statement it shows this as an example: > >> > >> [If (([username]=Grant) | ([grandTotal]<100)) & ({[date]}<{2/15/2000})] > >> > >> where the dates is between the {} but without the math context. Which is > >> correct? > > > > Turns out the [if] context is really just a disguised [math] context that > > evaluates to true/false, so the example is correct: the {} work just fine in > > this case because they really think they're inside a [math] context already. > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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