Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 45230
interpreted = N
texte = Bizarrely, the retrieved data didn't contain quotations, although it did contain a couple of hashes right at the end, which I assume may have caused the problem. What confuses me though, is why [if[ was bothered about it, yet [showif] wasn'ton 13/11/02 4:38 pm, John Peacock at jpeacock@rowman.com wrote:> Mark Derrick wrote: > >> >> >> Not sure why [if] requires the variable to be wrapped in [url], but this >> seems to now work. >> > > Because the content you were retrieving contained quotation marks. You must > use > [url] any time some portion of your imput might contain characters which will > confuse the WebDNA parser. > > John ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Brian Fries 2002)
  2. Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Donovan Brooke 2002)
  3. Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Mark Derrick 2002)
  4. Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Mark Derrick 2002)
  5. Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Rob Marquardt 2002)
  6. Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Donovan 2002)
  7. Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Mark Derrick 2002)
  8. Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (John Peacock 2002)
  9. Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Grant Hulbert 2002)
  10. Re: [if] and [showif] - A solution (Mark Derrick 2002)
Bizarrely, the retrieved data didn't contain quotations, although it did contain a couple of hashes right at the end, which I assume may have caused the problem. What confuses me though, is why [if[ was bothered about it, yet [showif] wasn'ton 13/11/02 4:38 pm, John Peacock at jpeacock@rowman.com wrote:> Mark Derrick wrote: > >> >> >> Not sure why [if] requires the variable to be wrapped in [url], but this >> seems to now work. >> > > Because the content you were retrieving contained quotation marks. You must > use > [url] any time some portion of your imput might contain characters which will > confuse the WebDNA parser. > > John ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://search.smithmicro.com/ Mark Derrick

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