Re: I am dumb. No see [variable]
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 53743
interpreted = N
texte = It took a couple of years before I came unstuck Just lucky I guess :) On Friday, October 31, 2003, at 11:02 AM, Dan Strong wrote: > 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. > > -Dan > > > On 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