Re: Am I being really stupid?

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 53168
interpreted = N
texte = well, i personally have never used a "^" in an if statement but according to the docs you are doing it perfectly so thats probably not the problem... if it is going straight to the else then [DomainDetails] must not contain "No match for"... output [DomainDetails] to the screen and see what it contains... remembering that ^ is an exact substring search so something like "there is no match in the database for" will not trigger the then... hth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Craig" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 11:27 PM Subject: Am I being really stupid? > Hi > > I am trying to use an if then statement to do something and it's not > behaving as I expected, it's probably me. > > Having done a whois lookup and stored the results in [DomainDetails] I am > trying to test for the words "No match for" so I am using > > [if "[DomainDetails]" ^ "No match for"] > [then]...[/then] > [else]...[/else] > [/if] > > It always just goes straight to the [else] even though I know the words are > there. Am I constructing the statement wrongly? > > Thanks for any help > ======================================== > Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd > Tel +44 1224 642960 Fax +44 1224 642962 > ======================================== > http://www.asylumweb.com > Email: steve@asylumweb.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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Am I being really stupid? ( Steve Craig 2003)
  2. Re: Am I being really stupid? ( Joe D'Andrea 2003)
  3. Re: Am I being really stupid? ( "Andrew Simpson" 2003)
  4. Re: Am I being really stupid? ( Steve Craig 2003)
  5. Re: Am I being really stupid? ( "Andrew Simpson" 2003)
  6. Am I being really stupid? ( Steve Craig 2003)
well, i personally have never used a "^" in an if statement but according to the docs you are doing it perfectly so thats probably not the problem... if it is going straight to the else then [DomainDetails] must not contain "No match for"... output [DomainDetails] to the screen and see what it contains... remembering that ^ is an exact substring search so something like "there is no match in the database for" will not trigger the then... hth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Craig" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 11:27 PM Subject: Am I being really stupid? > Hi > > I am trying to use an if then statement to do something and it's not > behaving as I expected, it's probably me. > > Having done a whois lookup and stored the results in [DomainDetails] I am > trying to test for the words "No match for" so I am using > > [if "[DomainDetails]" ^ "No match for"] > [then]...[/then] > [else]...[/else] > [/if] > > It always just goes straight to the [else] even though I know the words are > there. Am I constructing the statement wrongly? > > Thanks for any help > ======================================== > Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd > Tel +44 1224 642960 Fax +44 1224 642962 > ======================================== > http://www.asylumweb.com > Email: steve@asylumweb.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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ "Andrew Simpson"

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