Re: Prevent multiple appends with Reload Button

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1997

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 15509
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texte = >>Instead of doing an [append] you can use [replace] but include the tag>>append=T (i.e. [replace append=T&...]). This will append if it's not>>found, but just replace the data with itself if they reload the page.>>Please show me how - my attempts haven't worked>I would like a new entry only if the customer and new customer code>hasn't been added already.Your code doesn't search for a particular record, that's why it's notworking. When you use [replace], you have to write some *searchparameters* into the [replace] tag so WebCat knows which record youwant to replace. Just specifying a database is not enough.You may be getting mixed up with [append], but append is different,because when you're appending, you don't care what records alreadyexist in the database, all you care about is adding a new one to theend of the file.Also, don't start your first replace parameter with &, because it'snot needed for the first parameter inside the replace context ... andyou forgot the brackets around your zipcode variable ... :)Your code:[replacedb=mcust.db&append=T]&firstname=[firstname]&lastname=[lastname]&company=[company]&building=[building]&suite=suite&zipcode=[zipcode]&areacode=[areacode]&phone=[phone]&faxareacode=[faxareacode]&emailname=[emailname]&specdel=[specdel]&custcode=[math]newnum[/math][/replace]My code:[replaceappend=T&db=mcust.db&eqSomeFieldData=XXX]firstname=[firstname]&lastname=[lastname]&company=[company]&building=[building]&suite=[suite]&zipcode=[zipcode]&areacode=[areacode]&phone=[phone]&faxareacode=[faxareacode]&emailname=[emailname]&specdel=[specdel]&custcode=[math]newnum[/math][/replace]Sincerely,Ken Gromeken@iav.com808-737-6499WebDNA Solutionshttp://www.hui.net/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Prevent multiple appends with Reload Button (Kenneth Grome 1997) Re: Prevent multiple appends with Reload Button (Larry Orchier 1997) Re: Prevent multiple appends with Reload Button (Larry Orchier 1997) Re: Prevent multiple appends with Reload Button (John Hill 1997) Re: Prevent multiple appends with Reload Button (John Hill 1997) Prevent multiple appends with Reload Button (Larry Orchier 1997)

>>Instead of doing an [append] you can use [replace] but include the tag>>append=T (i.e. [replace append=T&...]). This will append if it's not>>found, but just replace the data with itself if they reload the page.>>Please show me how - my attempts haven't worked>I would like a new entry only if the customer and new customer code>hasn't been added already.Your code doesn't search for a particular record, that's why it's notworking. When you use [replace], you have to write some *searchparameters* into the [replace] tag so WebCat knows which record youwant to replace. Just specifying a database is not enough.You may be getting mixed up with [append], but append is different,because when you're appending, you don't care what records alreadyexist in the database, all you care about is adding a new one to theend of the file.Also, don't start your first replace parameter with &, because it'snot needed for the first parameter inside the replace context ... andyou forgot the brackets around your zipcode variable ... :)Your code:[replacedb=mcust.db&append=T]&firstname=[firstname]&lastname=[lastname]&company=[company]&building=[building]&suite=suite&zipcode=[zipcode]&areacode=[areacode]&phone=[phone]&faxareacode=[faxareacode]&emailname=[emailname]&specdel=[specdel]&custcode=[math]newnum[/math][/replace]My code:[replaceappend=T&db=mcust.db&eqSomeFieldData=XXX]firstname=[firstname]&lastname=[lastname]&company=[company]&building=[building]&suite=[suite]&zipcode=[zipcode]&areacode=[areacode]&phone=[phone]&faxareacode=[faxareacode]&emailname=[emailname]&specdel=[specdel]&custcode=[math]newnum[/math][/replace]Sincerely,Ken Gromeken@iav.com808-737-6499WebDNA Solutionshttp://www.hui.net/ Kenneth Grome

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