Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]

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2003

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 53740
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texte = I now see the light and it makes sense... that said, it *would* be nice if showif/hideif automatically protected itself from stuff like this as you have asked about... I can't believe I've been coding webDNA for 3 years (to the day, a few weeks back) and have never been bitten by this until today.Thanks again for helping me guys, you could have just told me to RTFM, but you didn't. I appreciate that.-DanOn Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:58:24 +1100 Tim Robinson wrote:>Not 100% sure about the linebreaks... can't remember.>>If you have a linkbreak it would make>[hideif [description]=]>>into>>[hideif this is line 1>this is line 2=]>>That *may* still work. As the others said, it's probably just an & ! or>something like that.>>Regards,>Tim>-- >Tim Robinson>IDFK Web Developments>tim@idfk.com.au>114a/40 Yeo Street>Neutral Bay 2089>Australia>Phone +612 9908 2134>Fax +612 9908 4837>>> From: "Dan Strong" >> Reply-To: (WebDNA Talk)>> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 15:54:06 -0800>> To: (WebDNA Talk)>> Subject: Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]>> >> Tim Robinson wrote:>>> As you have [convertchars] round your description field, maybe you had some>>> linebreaks in there. That probably would break the [hideif] comparison if it>>> wasn't URLd.>> >> Tim,>> >> [hideif [DESCRIPTION]=][convertchars][DESCRIPTION][/convertchars][/hideif]>> (Old code, since corrected with [url]...)>> >> I'm positive there were (are) linebreaks in the description field (it comes>> from a

),>> but I am not understanding: Should't the code above work, regardless because>> it is checking to see>> if the [DESCRIPTION] field has nothing in it, so (in theory) even if the field>> had *nothing but* a>> linebreak in it the comparison should still be false because the field would>> not be empty.>> >> Am I off-base?>> >> -Dan>> >>> >>> Regards,>>> Tim>>> -- >>> Tim Robinson>>> IDFK Web Developments>>> tim@idfk.com.au>>> 114a/40 Yeo Street>>> Neutral Bay 2089>>> Australia>>> Phone +612 9908 2134>>> Fax +612 9908 4837>>> >>>> From: "Dan Strong" <webdna@stronggraphicdesign.com>>>>> Reply-To: <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com> (WebDNA Talk)>>>> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 15:34:21 -0800>>>> To: <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com> (WebDNA Talk)>>>> Subject: Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]>>>> >>>> [convertchars][DESCRIPTION][/convertchars]>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------->>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>>> the mailing list <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com>.>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <WebDNA-Talk-off@talk.smithmicro.com>>>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to>>> <WebDNA-Talk-digest@talk.smithmicro.com>>>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------>> http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com>> (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656>> ------------------------------------------------------------>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------->> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>> the mailing list <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com>.>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <WebDNA-Talk-off@talk.smithmicro.com>>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to>> <WebDNA-Talk-digest@talk.smithmicro.com>>> 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 <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com>.>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <WebDNA-Talk-off@talk.smithmicro.com>>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <WebDNA-Talk-digest@talk.smithmicro.com>>Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com>.To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <WebDNA-Talk-off@talk.smithmicro.com>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <WebDNA-Talk-digest@talk.smithmicro.com>Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/

Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=53743"> Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]</a> ( Stuart Tremain <development@idfk.com.au> 2003)</li>

<li> Re: I am dumb. No see [variable] ( "Dan Strong" <webdna@stronggraphicdesign.com> 2003)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=53739"> Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]</a> ( Tim Robinson <tim@idfk.com.au> 2003)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=53737"> Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]</a> ( "Dan Strong" <webdna@stronggraphicdesign.com> 2003)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=53736"> Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]</a> ( Stuart Tremain <development@idfk.com.au> 2003)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=53733"> Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]</a> ( Tim Robinson <tim@idfk.com.au> 2003)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=53731"> Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]</a> ( Jesse Proudman <j.list@blueboxdev.com> 2003)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=53730"> Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]</a> ( "Dan Strong" <webdna@stronggraphicdesign.com> 2003)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=53728"> Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]</a> ( Tim Robinson <tim@idfk.com.au> 2003)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=53727"> Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]</a> ( "Dan Strong" <webdna@stronggraphicdesign.com> 2003)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=53726"> Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]</a> ( Stuart Tremain <development@idfk.com.au> 2003)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=53725"> I am dumb. No see [variable]</a> ( "Dan Strong" <webdna@stronggraphicdesign.com> 2003)</li>

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I now see the light and it makes sense... that said, it *would* be nice if showif/hideif automatically protected itself from stuff like this as you have asked about... I can't believe I've been coding webDNA for 3 years (to the day, a few weeks back) and have never been bitten by this until today.Thanks again for helping me guys, you could have just told me to RTFM, but you didn't. I appreciate that.-DanOn Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:58:24 +1100 Tim Robinson <tim@idfk.com.au> wrote:>Not 100% sure about the linebreaks... can't remember.>>If you have a linkbreak it would make>[hideif [description]=]>>into>>[hideif this is line 1>this is line 2=]>>That *may* still work. As the others said, it's probably just an & ! or>something like that.>>Regards,>Tim>-- >Tim Robinson>IDFK Web Developments>tim@idfk.com.au>114a/40 Yeo Street>Neutral Bay 2089>Australia>Phone +612 9908 2134>Fax +612 9908 4837>>> From: "Dan Strong" <webdna@stronggraphicdesign.com>>> Reply-To: <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com> (WebDNA Talk)>> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 15:54:06 -0800>> To: <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com> (WebDNA Talk)>> Subject: Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]>> >> Tim Robinson <tim@idfk.com.au> wrote:>>> As you have <a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=183">[convertchars]</a> round your description field, maybe you had some>>> linebreaks in there. That probably would break the <a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=179">[hideif]</a> comparison if it>>> wasn't URLd.>> >> Tim,>> >> [hideif [DESCRIPTION]=]<a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=183">[convertchars]</a>[DESCRIPTION][/convertchars][/hideif]>> (Old code, since corrected with <a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=89">[url]</a>...)>> >> I'm positive there were (are) linebreaks in the description field (it comes>> from a <textarea>),>> but I am not understanding: Should't the code above work, regardless because>> it is checking to see>> if the [DESCRIPTION] field has nothing in it, so (in theory) even if the field>> had *nothing but* a>> linebreak in it the comparison should still be false because the field would>> not be empty.>> >> Am I off-base?>> >> -Dan>> >>> >>> Regards,>>> Tim>>> -- >>> Tim Robinson>>> IDFK Web Developments>>> tim@idfk.com.au>>> 114a/40 Yeo Street>>> Neutral Bay 2089>>> Australia>>> Phone +612 9908 2134>>> Fax +612 9908 4837>>> >>>> From: "Dan Strong" <webdna@stronggraphicdesign.com>>>>> Reply-To: <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com> (WebDNA Talk)>>>> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 15:34:21 -0800>>>> To: <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com> (WebDNA Talk)>>>> Subject: Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]>>>> >>>> <a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=183">[convertchars]</a>[DESCRIPTION][/convertchars]>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------->>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>>> the mailing list <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com>.>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <WebDNA-Talk-off@talk.smithmicro.com>>>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to>>> <WebDNA-Talk-digest@talk.smithmicro.com>>>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------>> http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com>> (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656>> ------------------------------------------------------------>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------->> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>> the mailing list <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com>.>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <WebDNA-Talk-off@talk.smithmicro.com>>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to>> <WebDNA-Talk-digest@talk.smithmicro.com>>> 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 <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com>.>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <WebDNA-Talk-off@talk.smithmicro.com>>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <WebDNA-Talk-digest@talk.smithmicro.com>>Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com>.To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <WebDNA-Talk-off@talk.smithmicro.com>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <WebDNA-Talk-digest@talk.smithmicro.com>Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/

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