Re: Convertchars bug?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50670
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texte = I agree the ConvertChars behavior is rather obscure when working with spaces and plusses... What works for me is to use the URL'ed value in the from field for these:from to %20 %2B + As for case, I believe that ConvertChars is always case-sensitive - a is a different entity than A.- brianOn Friday, May 23, 2003, at 11:16 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote:>>> I created a special convertchars database that has the original >>> characters in the 'from' field and their html entities in the 'to' >>> field, but webdna seems to have a problem with one of the character >>> conversions ... >>> >>> Instead of replacing a blank space with like it should, webdna >>> replaces blank spaces with + which is the html entity for a >>> plus sign. >> >> And when the character to be converted is the plus sign, it does not >> get converted to the html entity for a plus sign, instead it does not >> get converted at all -- as if the plus sign was not enclosed within a >> convertchars context. > > > And this is not documented but it is very important to my use of > convertchars in this situation: > > Does AllCase=T work when using convertchars like it does when using > it in a search context? > > Or is the convertchars context simply not capable of converting > uppercase and lowercase characters to different resulting values -- > such as when converting to their HTML character entities? > -- > > Sincerely, > Kenneth Grome ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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I agree the ConvertChars behavior is rather obscure when working with spaces and plusses... What works for me is to use the URL'ed value in the from field for these:from to %20 %2B + As for case, I believe that ConvertChars is always case-sensitive - a is a different entity than A.- brianOn Friday, May 23, 2003, at 11:16 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote:>>> I created a special convertchars database that has the original >>> characters in the 'from' field and their html entities in the 'to' >>> field, but webdna seems to have a problem with one of the character >>> conversions ... >>> >>> Instead of replacing a blank space with like it should, webdna >>> replaces blank spaces with + which is the html entity for a >>> plus sign. >> >> And when the character to be converted is the plus sign, it does not >> get converted to the html entity for a plus sign, instead it does not >> get converted at all -- as if the plus sign was not enclosed within a >> convertchars context. > > > And this is not documented but it is very important to my use of > convertchars in this situation: > > Does AllCase=T work when using convertchars like it does when using > it in a search context? > > Or is the convertchars context simply not capable of converting > uppercase and lowercase characters to different resulting values -- > such as when converting to their HTML character entities? > -- > > Sincerely, > Kenneth Grome ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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