FW: ANother SHOWIF problem

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 13515
interpreted = N
texte = Michael (and others who were following this) -You've probably already caught this, but Grant corrected me on the WebDNA I sent - it should have been:[SHOWIF {[MATH][DATE][/MATH]}<{[MATH][MTH]/[DAY]/[YR][/MATH]}]On sale [MTH]/[DAY]/[YR]
[/SHOWIF](the [math] context around it IS important).cheers,Marc Eagle StarNine Technologies http://www.smithmicro.com/_______________________________________________________________________________ Michael ->In my database, I have divided the on sale date of an item into month >(1-12), day (1-31), and year (01-99) fields (for a number of reasons). >If the current date is before the on sale date, I'd like to display some >info (so anything past September 16th will display the on sale date). >For some reason, the following code (which is inside a [SEARCH] context) >*always* displays the on sale date. >[SHOWIF [MATH][DATE][/MATH]<[MATH]{[MTH]/[DAY]/[YR]}[/MATH]]On sale >[MTH]/[DAY]/[YR]
[/SHOWIF] >My date pref is set to %m/%d/%Y >I've tried it with WebCat 2.0 and 2.01. >The clock on the web server is correct.Try this instead:[SHOWIF {[DATE]}<{[MTH]/[DAY]/[YR]}]On sale [MTH]/[DAY]/[YR]
[/SHOWIF]It appears to work for me.Hope this helps,Marc Eagle StarNine Technologies http://www.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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Michael (and others who were following this) -You've probably already caught this, but Grant corrected me on the WebDNA I sent - it should have been:[SHOWIF {[math][date][/MATH]}<{[math][MTH]/[DAY]/[YR][/MATH]}]On sale [MTH]/[DAY]/[YR]
[/SHOWIF](the [math] context around it IS important).cheers,Marc Eagle StarNine Technologies http://www.smithmicro.com/_______________________________________________________________________________ Michael ->In my database, I have divided the on sale date of an item into month >(1-12), day (1-31), and year (01-99) fields (for a number of reasons). >If the current date is before the on sale date, I'd like to display some >info (so anything past September 16th will display the on sale date). >For some reason, the following code (which is inside a [search] context) >*always* displays the on sale date. >[SHOWIF [math][date][/MATH]<[math]{[MTH]/[DAY]/[YR]}[/MATH]]On sale >[MTH]/[DAY]/[YR]
[/SHOWIF] >My date pref is set to %m/%d/%Y >I've tried it with WebCat 2.0 and 2.01. >The clock on the web server is correct.Try this instead:[SHOWIF {[date]}<{[MTH]/[DAY]/[YR]}]On sale [MTH]/[DAY]/[YR]
[/SHOWIF]It appears to work for me.Hope this helps,Marc Eagle StarNine Technologies http://www.smithmicro.com/ Marc Eagle

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