Re: Replace context problem ...
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 12530
interpreted = N
texte = At 7:11 PM -1000 7/17/97, Kenneth Grome altered the fabric of cyberspace, writing:> As the administrator of my web site I would like to be able to update ANY > record in ANY database. This seems like a reasonable request, right? >Here! Here! > Okay, so in order to do that, first I have to type my own username/password > into the browser's authentication box in order to access the [protected] > page for my admin replace template. So far, so good. I enter MY admin > username and password into the browser's authenticate box and I can then > access the replace form. >Thats right. If you use a protected page you will have to type a usr/pass combo. Ant this is where your problem begins. WebCat now has only your user/pass and not the record owners in the db.Solution??You have to now do a $Search for the record that you want to replace again on this page. Then include a link that will have a form to replace the values that you want to change. The URL to the link needs to contain &user=[username]&pass=[password]. This should collect the user/pass combo from the searched record. On the Edit.tmpl file you can do your editing and then send that off to a validator.tmpl to replace the values you changed.Remember if you try to use [protect] on the .tmpl pages down the path, you will again be forced into the same loop as before.The solution that I used had a differant approach, since this kind of action always takes place here. I used [ShowIf [IPAddress]^.net-hwy.com] to hide the link. Yes, I know that [IPAddress] should return a number, BUT if you have 'use DNS' checked in WebStar, it will return the 'host name' of a DNS named box. Since I control the DNS, I name the box. That way someone can't spoof an IP number. Even if I am away from home, I can change the IP address on the box that I'm using to one that I have a DNS record to and get the same effect.> > I was asking Grant if it would make sense to make WebCat2 use the > username/password values I'm trying to get it to use - before trying to use > the browser's username/password values. I don't know how the WebCat2 code > is written, though, so I don't know if this even possible. I feel that it would be ever so much more practical to have WebCat also look at the user.db for Admin user/pass combo that would be acceptable to over ride the standard username password security in the .db.Hope that I have brought some light to this...Just another 'Local Boy' displaced to the 'Mainland' by circumstance.Aloha<--Glenn-->~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Glenn & Renee Davis Exclusively Web / Net Highway (916) 887-0678 Web Page Design / Hosting Services POB 157, Cool,CA 95614-0157 http://www.ExclusivelyWeb.com http://www.Net-Hwy.com &&& ||| (@ @) (@ @) ----------------------------ooO---U---Ooo---------------ooO--(_)--Ooo------->> Mailto:renee@Net-Hwy.com Mailto:glenn@Net-Hwy.com Mailto:renee@ExclusivelyWeb.com Mailto:glenn@ExclusivelyWeb.com Graphics Design Webmaster
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At 7:11 PM -1000 7/17/97, Kenneth Grome altered the fabric of cyberspace, writing:> As the administrator of my web site I would like to be able to update ANY > record in ANY database. This seems like a reasonable request, right? >Here! Here! > Okay, so in order to do that, first I have to type my own username/password > into the browser's authentication box in order to access the [protected] > page for my admin replace template. So far, so good. I enter MY admin > username and password into the browser's authenticate box and I can then > access the replace form. >Thats right. If you use a protected page you will have to type a usr/pass combo. Ant this is where your problem begins. WebCat now has only your user/pass and not the record owners in the db.Solution??You have to now do a $Search for the record that you want to replace again on this page. Then include a link that will have a form to replace the values that you want to change. The URL to the link needs to contain &user=
[username]&pass=
[password]. This should collect the user/pass combo from the searched record. On the Edit.tmpl file you can do your editing and then send that off to a validator.tmpl to replace the values you changed.Remember if you try to use
[protect] on the .tmpl pages down the path, you will again be forced into the same loop as before.The solution that I used had a differant approach, since this kind of action always takes place here. I used [ShowIf
[ipaddress]^.net-hwy.com] to hide the link. Yes, I know that
[ipaddress] should return a number, BUT if you have 'use DNS' checked in WebStar, it will return the 'host name' of a DNS named box. Since I control the DNS, I name the box. That way someone can't spoof an IP number. Even if I am away from home, I can change the IP address on the box that I'm using to one that I have a DNS record to and get the same effect.> > I was asking Grant if it would make sense to make WebCat2 use the > username/password values I'm trying to get it to use - before trying to use > the browser's username/password values. I don't know how the WebCat2 code > is written, though, so I don't know if this even possible. I feel that it would be ever so much more practical to have WebCat also look at the user.db for Admin user/pass combo that would be acceptable to over ride the standard username password security in the .db.Hope that I have brought some light to this...Just another 'Local Boy' displaced to the 'Mainland' by circumstance.Aloha<--Glenn-->~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Glenn & Renee Davis Exclusively Web / Net Highway (916) 887-0678 Web Page Design / Hosting Services POB 157, Cool,CA 95614-0157 http://www.ExclusivelyWeb.com http://www.Net-Hwy.com &&& ||| (@ @) (@ @) ----------------------------ooO---U---Ooo---------------ooO--(_)--Ooo------->> Mailto:renee@Net-Hwy.com Mailto:glenn@Net-Hwy.com Mailto:renee@ExclusivelyWeb.com Mailto:glenn@ExclusivelyWeb.com Graphics Design Webmaster
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