Re: Formvariables name matching

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2005


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texte = Thanks for that fast reply. I wish there were a way to do begins with, but at least I can work with this. Regards, Bill On Dec 9, 2005, at 1:47 AM, Stuart Tremain wrote: > William, you need to treat it as a 'contains' > From the docs: "to exactly match the name of the parameter or match > any name that contains the "name" value." > > Stuart Tremain > idfk web developments, sydney, australia > > > On 09 Dec 2005, at 5:42 PM, William DeVaul wrote: > >> How does formvariables match by name? >> >> In one case I have formvariables name=1_vendorname and in another I >> have name=_1_vendorname. >> >> I can't understand why the first one fails but the second works. >> Does the formvariables with an inexact match match in the middle of >> the name rather than at the start? >> >> --------------Sample code------------ >> This works as expected: >> >> [showif submit=[submit]] >> [formvariables name=sku_&exact=F] >> SKU=[text show=T]keyfieldsku=[value][/text]
>> [formvariables name=_[value]_&exact=F] >> [grep search=^_[keyfieldsku]_&replace=][NAME]:[/grep]=[value]
>> [/formvariables] >> 
>> [/formvariables] >> [/showif] >> >> Example output for above code: >> SKU=1 >> VENDORNAME:=This is the name of vendor1 >> VENDORADDRESS:=This is the address of vendor1 >> >> SKU=2 >> VENDORNAME:=This is the name of vendor2 >> VENDORADDRESS:=This is the address of vendor2 >> >> >> >> This does not work as expected (I have changed the form to remove the >> _ at the front of the var name.): >> >> [showif submit=[submit]] >> [formvariables name=sku_&exact=F] >> SKU=[text show=T]keyfieldsku=[value][/text]
>> [formvariables name=[value]_&exact=F] >> [grep search=^[keyfieldsku]_&replace=][NAME]:[/grep]=[value]
>> [/formvariables] >> 
>> [/formvariables] >> [/showif] >> >> Example output: >> SKU=1 >> VENDORNAME:=This is the name of vendor1 >> VENDORADDRESS:=This is the address of vendor1 >> >> 21_VENDORNAME:=This is the name of vendor21 >> 21_VENDORADDRESS:=This is the address of vendor21 >> >> 31_VENDORNAME:=This is the name of vendor31 >> 31_VENDORADDRESS:=This is the address of vendor31 >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Formvariables name matching ( Marko Bernyk 2005)
  2. Re: Formvariables name matching ( Donovan Brooke 2005)
  3. Re: Formvariables name matching ( Stuart Tremain 2005)
  4. Re: Formvariables name matching ( William DeVaul 2005)
  5. Re: Formvariables name matching ( Stuart Tremain 2005)
  6. Formvariables name matching ( William DeVaul 2005)
Thanks for that fast reply. I wish there were a way to do begins with, but at least I can work with this. Regards, Bill On Dec 9, 2005, at 1:47 AM, Stuart Tremain wrote: > William, you need to treat it as a 'contains' > From the docs: "to exactly match the name of the parameter or match > any name that contains the "name" value." > > Stuart Tremain > idfk web developments, sydney, australia > > > On 09 Dec 2005, at 5:42 PM, William DeVaul wrote: > >> How does formvariables match by name? >> >> In one case I have formvariables name=1_vendorname and in another I >> have name=_1_vendorname. >> >> I can't understand why the first one fails but the second works. >> Does the formvariables with an inexact match match in the middle of >> the name rather than at the start? >> >> --------------Sample code------------ >> This works as expected: >> >> [showif submit=[submit]] >> [formvariables name=sku_&exact=F] >> SKU=[text show=T]keyfieldsku=[value][/text]
>> [formvariables name=_[value]_&exact=F] >> [grep search=^_[keyfieldsku]_&replace=][NAME]:[/grep]=[value]
>> [/formvariables] >> 
>> [/formvariables] >> [/showif] >> >> Example output for above code: >> SKU=1 >> VENDORNAME:=This is the name of vendor1 >> VENDORADDRESS:=This is the address of vendor1 >> >> SKU=2 >> VENDORNAME:=This is the name of vendor2 >> VENDORADDRESS:=This is the address of vendor2 >> >> >> >> This does not work as expected (I have changed the form to remove the >> _ at the front of the var name.): >> >> [showif submit=[submit]] >> [formvariables name=sku_&exact=F] >> SKU=[text show=T]keyfieldsku=[value][/text]
>> [formvariables name=[value]_&exact=F] >> [grep search=^[keyfieldsku]_&replace=][NAME]:[/grep]=[value]
>> [/formvariables] >> 
>> [/formvariables] >> [/showif] >> >> Example output: >> SKU=1 >> VENDORNAME:=This is the name of vendor1 >> VENDORADDRESS:=This is the address of vendor1 >> >> 21_VENDORNAME:=This is the name of vendor21 >> 21_VENDORADDRESS:=This is the address of vendor21 >> >> 31_VENDORNAME:=This is the name of vendor31 >> 31_VENDORADDRESS:=This is the address of vendor31 >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ William DeVaul

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