Re: Lookup Notfound
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17165
interpreted = N
texte = >>Why would this lookup return a blank instead of the literal notfound >>value? >> >>
>db=../ipusers.db&lookinfield=ipusername&value=[ipusername]&returnfield=ipur >>l&NotFound=empty.tpl] target=main title=Opens this Guides >>Biography>Users Page > >A couple of possibilities: you might actually have a matching record in >your database that has a blank in it ...By this you mean there's nothing in that field, right?I think I asked about this a long time ago, and I haven't run into it in a long time so I forgot about it. From what I recall, the notfound value only gets returned when the lookup fails for some reason -- but when it succeeds and the returnfield has nothing in it, then the lookup will return a blank or empty or null value, right?Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
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>>Why would this lookup return a blank instead of the literal notfound >>value? >> >>
>db=../ipusers.db&lookinfield=ipusername&value=[ipusername]&returnfield=ipur >>l&NotFound=empty.tpl] target=main title=Opens this Guides >>Biography>Users Page > >A couple of possibilities: you might actually have a matching record in >your database that has a blank in it ...By this you mean there's nothing in that field, right?I think I asked about this a long time ago, and I haven't run into it in a long time so I forgot about it. From what I recall, the notfound value only gets returned when the lookup fails for some reason -- but when it succeeds and the returnfield has nothing in it, then the lookup will return a blank or empty or null value, right?Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
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