Re: Hiding Brands
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 57385
interpreted = N
texte = Donovan Brooke wrote: > I like to say that this "contains" peram in this implimentation is actually > an "=" because I don't think it will find, for example, "a" in the > "[ID]" field > if the [ID] fields' value is "apple". The only reason that code works is because each term on the left-hand side is the complete term, _including_ the delimiters (in this case '|'). You cannot use it for substring matches. I would actually create a table with all of the terms you wish to suppress, then do something like this (assuming you've already checked [id] for empty): [hideif [LOOKUP db=suppress.db&value=[id]&lookInField=suppress&returnField=suppress¬Found=SHOW]!SHOW] (not tested). NOTE that the [hideif] fires in this case only if the [lookup] succeeds; it's a double negative, but it means that the test is always vs a constant string, rather than having [id] on both sides of the equation. This is much easier to maintain, since you don't need to keep editing the template, just add new terms to the table. John -- 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
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Donovan Brooke wrote: > I like to say that this "contains" peram in this implimentation is actually > an "=" because I don't think it will find, for example, "a" in the > "[ID]" field > if the [ID] fields' value is "apple". The only reason that code works is because each term on the left-hand side is the complete term, _including_ the delimiters (in this case '|'). You cannot use it for substring matches. I would actually create a table with all of the terms you wish to suppress, then do something like this (assuming you've already checked [id] for empty): [hideif [LOOKUP db=suppress.db&value=[id]&lookInField=suppress&returnField=suppress¬Found=SHOW]!SHOW] (not tested). NOTE that the [hideif] fires in this case only if the [lookup] succeeds; it's a double negative, but it means that the test is always vs a constant string, rather than having [id] on both sides of the equation. This is much easier to maintain, since you don't need to keep editing the template, just add new terms to the table. John -- 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/
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