numero = 15763
interpreted = N
texte = >Using the GeneralStore method of determining Sales Tax charges, the >abbreviation of the Ship-To state is requested value=[ShipToState] size=2> in the ShoppingCart.tmpl and the Invoice.tmpl >calls the taxRate formula [lookup >db=TaxRates.db&lookInField=State&value=[ShipToState]&returnField=taxRate¬Fou >n >d=0.00] > >I've discovered in testing that if the TaxRates.db has the State field >entries as VA then a person who is lazy and enters as va, or a person >who is old-school and enters as Va is treated as notFound. It appears >that the lookup is case sensitive.Yes, that's right, lookups are case sensitive.>Is there a way around this case >sensitivity?Yes there is. Make SURE all your state abbreviations in the database are UPPERCASE, then put the [shiptostate] tag inside a [uppercase] context, like this:[lookup db=TaxRates.db&lookInField=State&value=[uppercase][ShipToState][/uppercase]&retu rnField=taxRate¬Found=0.00]Sincerely, Ken Grome ken@iav.com 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions http://webdna.net/
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Re: case sensitivity in lookups (Kenneth Grome 1997)
>Using the GeneralStore method of determining Sales Tax charges, the >abbreviation of the Ship-To state is requested value=[ShipToState] size=2> in the ShoppingCart.tmpl and the Invoice.tmpl >calls the taxRate formula [lookup >db=TaxRates.db&lookInField=State&value=[ShipToState]&returnField=taxRate¬Fou >n >d=0.00] > >I've discovered in testing that if the TaxRates.db has the State field >entries as VA then a person who is lazy and enters as va, or a person >who is old-school and enters as Va is treated as notFound. It appears >that the lookup is case sensitive.Yes, that's right, lookups are case sensitive.>Is there a way around this case >sensitivity?Yes there is. Make SURE all your state abbreviations in the database are UPPERCASE, then put the [shiptostate] tag inside a [uppercase] context, like this:[lookup db=TaxRates.db&lookInField=State&value=[uppercase][ShipToState][/uppercase]&retu rnField=taxRate¬Found=0.00]Sincerely, Ken Grome ken@iav.com 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions http://webdna.net/
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