Re: Appending a field to itself
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 30839
interpreted = N
texte = >Hello! > >I decided to carve out my own message board from the jungle of Web >Cat and keep running into a wall. In my attempt at making the thing >threaded, I thought that I could keep track of a message's lineage >by doing something LIKE: > >[append guestbook.db] >some web cat stuff... >&history=[history] [cart] >[/append] > >The cart part is fine, but [history] is appended to the history >field of the database. Bth, when a new thread is created, >&history=[cart] works fine; the problem comes when I try to add to >it.Based on the snippet of code above, I'd guess it's because you're not telling WebCat what [history] is. WebCat doesn't know to replace [history] with anything unless you call it up from somewhere.&history=[history] [cart]should be&history=[LOOKUP db=guestbook.db&value=
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>Hello! > >I decided to carve out my own message board from the jungle of Web >Cat and keep running into a wall. In my attempt at making the thing >threaded, I thought that I could keep track of a message's lineage >by doing something LIKE: > >[append guestbook.db] >some web cat stuff... >&history=[history] [cart] >[/append] > >The cart part is fine, but [history] is appended to the history >field of the database. Bth, when a new thread is created, >&history=[cart] works fine; the problem comes when I try to add to >it.Based on the snippet of code above, I'd guess it's because you're not telling WebCat what [history] is. WebCat doesn't know to replace [history] with anything unless you call it up from somewhere.&history=[history] [cart]should be&history=[LOOKUP db=guestbook.db&value=&lookinfield=&returnfield=history] [cart]Michael------------------------------------------------------------- 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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