Re: ReplaceFoundItems Problem
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numero = 52971
interpreted = N
texte = John,Thanks for helping me out with my problem. The answer to all of your "why"= questions is that WebDNA is new to me and I'm trying to learn it in the =best way possible. Thanks again.Justin CarrollOn Friday, November 6, 1942, John Peacock
wrote:>Justin Carroll wrote:>>> I'm trying to search a field of my database and replace all>of the
tags with %0A. When I run this code:>>=20>> [search db=3Dtabed.db&geskudatarq=3D0]>> [replacefounditems]comments=3D[grep>search=3D
&replace=3D%0A][comments][/grep][/replacefounditems]>> [commitdatabase db=3Dtabed.db]>> [/search]>>=20>> ... it takes out all the
tags just fine but it doesn't>replace them with the %0A. Does anyone know why this may be happening? =Thanks.>>=20>>A) Why are you using [search] and [replacefounditems] when your [search] =is for=20>all records. The only reason to use [replacefounditems] is when you are =only=20>hitting some records in the database.>>B) Why are you adding [commitdatabase] in the middle of your [search] =loop?=20>This will just make sure that the search/replace takes _much_ longer. A=20>[replace] always does an implied [exclusivelock] at the beginning and an =implied=20> [commitdatabase] at the end.>>C) Always use [url]>>D) No, really, always use [url]!!!>>This should do what you want:>>[replace db=3Dtabed.db&geskudatarq=3D0]comments=3D[grep=20>search=3D
&replace=3D[url]%0A[/url]][comments][/grep][/replace]>>HTH>>John>>--=20>John Peacock>Director of Information Research and Technology>Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group>4501 Forbes Boulevard>Suite H>Lanham, MD 20706>301-459-3366 x.5010>fax 301-429-5748>>>------------------------------------------------------------->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/>-------------------------------------------------------------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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John,Thanks for helping me out with my problem. The answer to all of your "why"= questions is that WebDNA is new to me and I'm trying to learn it in the =best way possible. Thanks again.Justin CarrollOn Friday, November 6, 1942, John Peacock wrote:>Justin Carroll wrote:>>> I'm trying to search a field of my database and replace all>of the
tags with %0A. When I run this code:>>=20>> [search db=3Dtabed.db&geskudatarq=3D0]>> [replacefounditems]comments=3D[grep>search=3D
&replace=3D%0A][comments][/grep][/replacefounditems]>> [commitdatabase db=3Dtabed.db]>> [/search]>>=20>> ... it takes out all the
tags just fine but it doesn't>replace them with the %0A. Does anyone know why this may be happening? =Thanks.>>=20>>A) Why are you using [search] and [replacefounditems] when your [search] =is for=20>all records. The only reason to use [replacefounditems] is when you are =only=20>hitting some records in the database.>>B) Why are you adding [commitdatabase] in the middle of your [search] =loop?=20>This will just make sure that the search/replace takes _much_ longer. A=20>[replace] always does an implied [exclusivelock] at the beginning and an =implied=20> [commitdatabase] at the end.>>C) Always use [url]>>D) No, really, always use [url]!!!>>This should do what you want:>>[replace db=3Dtabed.db&geskudatarq=3D0]comments=3D[grep=20>search=3D
&replace=3D[url]%0A[/url]][comments][/grep][/replace]>>HTH>>John>>--=20>John Peacock>Director of Information Research and Technology>Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group>4501 Forbes Boulevard>Suite H>Lanham, MD 20706>301-459-3366 x.5010>fax 301-429-5748>>>------------------------------------------------------------->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/>-------------------------------------------------------------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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