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texte = Maybe that will helpBrian Boegershausen WebCatalog Programmer www.collegefever.com ----- Original Message ----- From: John Butler To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 3:41 PM Subject: how to get s repeatedly in and out of a form? > Sunday warriors- > > I have a form that lets the admin person create products (including fields for the product > that may contain all kinds of illegal chars). The inputted values get into the product > db. When the admin wishes to tweak something about that product, then she goes back to > the same form which does a [search][founditems] to load the db field values into the > values of the form variables. And I am not yet able to maintain the quot character (or > anything past it in an inputted value). > > Here's an example- > > 1) She first creates the product, inputting '8"' to designate 8 inches for the > dimensions field for that product. That gets into the db as '8"'. > > 2) When she revisits the same HTML form to tweak something, then it loads '8' (the number > 8 followed by a single quote mark) into the value of the dimensions text input (that's > proper HTML syntax). Upon submitting the from this second time, the value '8' gets > into the db. > > 3) When she revisits the same form again, then it loads '8' (the number 8 alone) into the > value of the dimensions text input (the quote mark designates the end of the value). > Upon submitting the from this third time, the value '8' gets into the db. So we have > completely lost the inches. It could be 8 meters for all we know. > > If I [URL]ize [dimensions] in the [replace append=T] context, then the originally > inputted '"' gets into the db as '"' (so far so good), but displays in the > HTML form (next time she goes to it) as just a quote mark (). and we are back into the > problem loop at step # 2 above. > > If I also [URL]ize the value for dimensions in the HTML form (like this - NAME=Dimensions SIZE=15 TYPE=text VALUE=[URL][Title][/URL]> then '8"' gets > into the db as '8"' like I want, but displays in the HTML form as '8%26quot%3B'. > This is no good because upon the next round trip the value would be '8%2526quot%253B'. ad > infinitum. > > With textareas, one doesn't have this problem since the quote is not used to deliminate > the textarea value, but how are you all getting quote marks into your regular text inputs? > > -John > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. > To end your Mail problems go to . > > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .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
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Re: how to get s repeatedly in and out of a form? (Brian Boegershausen 1999)
[convertchars][Title][/convertchars]> Maybe that will helpBrian Boegershausen WebCatalog Programmer www.collegefever.com ----- Original Message ----- From: John Butler To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 3:41 PM Subject: how to get s repeatedly in and out of a form? > Sunday warriors- > > I have a form that lets the admin person create products (including fields for the product > that may contain all kinds of illegal chars). The inputted values get into the product > db. When the admin wishes to tweak something about that product, then she goes back to > the same form which does a [search][founditems] to load the db field values into the > values of the form variables. And I am not yet able to maintain the quot character (or > anything past it in an inputted value). > > Here's an example- > > 1) She first creates the product, inputting '8"' to designate 8 inches for the > dimensions field for that product. That gets into the db as '8"'. > > 2) When she revisits the same HTML form to tweak something, then it loads '8' (the number > 8 followed by a single quote mark) into the value of the dimensions text input (that's > proper HTML syntax). Upon submitting the from this second time, the value '8' gets > into the db. > > 3) When she revisits the same form again, then it loads '8' (the number 8 alone) into the > value of the dimensions text input (the quote mark designates the end of the value). > Upon submitting the from this third time, the value '8' gets into the db. So we have > completely lost the inches. It could be 8 meters for all we know. > > If I [url]ize [dimensions] in the [replace append=T] context, then the originally > inputted '"' gets into the db as '"' (so far so good), but displays in the > HTML form (next time she goes to it) as just a quote mark (). and we are back into the > problem loop at step # 2 above. > > If I also [url]ize the value for dimensions in the HTML form (like this - NAME=Dimensions SIZE=15 TYPE=text VALUE=[url][Title][/URL]> then '8"' gets > into the db as '8"' like I want, but displays in the HTML form as '8%26quot%3B'. > This is no good because upon the next round trip the value would be '8%2526quot%253B'. ad > infinitum. > > With textareas, one doesn't have this problem since the quote is not used to deliminate > the textarea value, but how are you all getting quote marks into your regular text inputs? > > -John > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. > To end your Mail problems go to . > > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .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 Brian Boegershausen
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