Re: plus sign giving me problems in convertchars
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2005
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 60892
interpreted = N
texte = It's probably a platform-specific problem, but even if it isn't, plus signs do not belong in file names. If I were you, I would use the cart tag to create a new file name on your server ([cart].jpg) instead of using the same name for the file that the visitor happened to use on his computer. Then if you or your visitor don't like [cart].jpg as a file name, give the visitor a text field into which he should type the name he *wants* for the file, and use your convertchars on the text field value ... then replace the [cart].jpg file name with the convertchars-corrected value from the text field. Sincerely, Kenneth Grome www.kengrome.com P.S. You might also try using %2B instead of + in the convertchars database, although I really don't think this will make any difference .... >I have a conversion db called noillegals.db that I run filenames >(minus the extension) through when uploading images. It strips out >!, @, +, $, spaces, periods, commas, etc by converting them to >nothing. It works fine, except for a filename with a + in it. Is >there anything special about a + sign that webcat interprets >differently internally? Not only does it not strip the +, but when >it finally writes the record to the DB, it changes the + to a space. >So I get blahblah+blah.jpg written to disk, and blahblah blah.jpg >written into the DB. Even after a good night's sleep, I'm stymied. > >noillegals.db >from to >
>. >+ >= ># >etc. for the usual suspects > >[text]newfilename=[convertchars >db=^noillegals.db][origfilename][/convertchars][/text] > >Then later in the page, [newfilename].jpg is used in a [shell] with >Imagemagick to set the final file to disk, and in a [replace] to >populate my DB. Convertchars is only used the one time in the >beginning. > >Thanks, >Terry > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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/ -- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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It's probably a platform-specific problem, but even if it isn't, plus signs do not belong in file names. If I were you, I would use the cart tag to create a new file name on your server ([cart].jpg) instead of using the same name for the file that the visitor happened to use on his computer. Then if you or your visitor don't like [cart].jpg as a file name, give the visitor a text field into which he should type the name he *wants* for the file, and use your convertchars on the text field value ... then replace the [cart].jpg file name with the convertchars-corrected value from the text field. Sincerely, Kenneth Grome www.kengrome.com P.S. You might also try using %2B instead of + in the convertchars database, although I really don't think this will make any difference .... >I have a conversion db called noillegals.db that I run filenames >(minus the extension) through when uploading images. It strips out >!, @, +, $, spaces, periods, commas, etc by converting them to >nothing. It works fine, except for a filename with a + in it. Is >there anything special about a + sign that webcat interprets >differently internally? Not only does it not strip the +, but when >it finally writes the record to the DB, it changes the + to a space. >So I get blahblah+blah.jpg written to disk, and blahblah blah.jpg >written into the DB. Even after a good night's sleep, I'm stymied. > >noillegals.db >from to > >. >+ >= ># >etc. for the usual suspects > >[text]newfilename=[convertchars >db=^noillegals.db][origfilename][/convertchars][/text] > >Then later in the page, [newfilename].jpg is used in a [shell] with >Imagemagick to set the final file to disk, and in a [replace] to >populate my DB. Convertchars is only used the one time in the >beginning. > >Thanks, >Terry > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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/ -- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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