Re: exclamation mark...
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 23419
interpreted = N
texte = >From the docs:> Tip: make sure neither side of the comparison equation contains any of the special > comparison letters listed above. For example, [ShowIf I'm Friendly! Are > you?=[question]] contains an exclamation point inside the sentence being compared, so > WebCatalog sees this as I'm Friendly is not equal to Are you?=[question], which > is not what the author meant to compare. > > The solution is to wrap each side of the comparison with [URL] contexts, like this: > [ShowIf [URL]I'm Friendly! Are you?[/URL]=[URL][question][/URL]]. This causes > any embedded !=>< symbols to be converted to their URL equivalents, which can then > be compared correctly. Peter Ostry wrote: > > Bad bug? > > I have a form field called v_subject. > After submitting the form, I ask: > [showif [v_subject]=] > Please type a subject. > [/showif] > > When I put an exclamation mark in this field, [showif] reports an empty > field. [formvariables] shows the correct string, including the ! sign. > The position within the string does not matter, the presence of a ! is > enough to cheat [showif]. It happens with [hideif] too, POST and GET makes > no difference. (WebCat 3.02 Plug-in) > > Can anyone reproduce and confirm this behavior? > > Peter > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Peter Ostry - Vienna/Austria - www.ostry.com > Fon ++43-1-877 74 54 Fax ++43-1-877 74 54-21 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- Gil Poulsen, Webmaster************************************************************** * AltiM@c * Phone: (908) 222-9001 * * 111 Mali Drive * FAX: (908) 222-9002 * * North Plainfield, NJ * e-mail: help@altimac.com * * 07062-2355 * WWW: http://www.altimac.com * **************************************************************
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>From the docs:> Tip: make sure neither side of the comparison equation contains any of the special > comparison letters listed above. For example, [ShowIf I'm Friendly! Are > you?=[question]] contains an exclamation point inside the sentence being compared, so > WebCatalog sees this as I'm Friendly is not equal to Are you?=[question], which > is not what the author meant to compare. > > The solution is to wrap each side of the comparison with
[url] contexts, like this: > [ShowIf
[url]I'm Friendly! Are you?[/URL]=
[url][question][/URL]]. This causes > any embedded !=>< symbols to be converted to their URL equivalents, which can then > be compared correctly. Peter Ostry wrote: > > Bad bug? > > I have a form field called v_subject. > After submitting the form, I ask: > [showif [v_subject]=] > Please type a subject. > [/showif] > > When I put an exclamation mark in this field,
[showif] reports an empty > field.
[formvariables] shows the correct string, including the ! sign. > The position within the string does not matter, the presence of a ! is > enough to cheat
[showif]. It happens with
[hideif] too, POST and GET makes > no difference. (WebCat 3.02 Plug-in) > > Can anyone reproduce and confirm this behavior? > > Peter > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Peter Ostry - Vienna/Austria - www.ostry.com > Fon ++43-1-877 74 54 Fax ++43-1-877 74 54-21 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- Gil Poulsen, Webmaster************************************************************** * AltiM@c * Phone: (908) 222-9001 * * 111 Mali Drive * FAX: (908) 222-9002 * * North Plainfield, NJ * e-mail: help@altimac.com * * 07062-2355 * WWW: http://www.altimac.com * **************************************************************
Gil Poulsen
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