I use that when I'm doing a variable such as """" + $Field$ + """" But in the case of hard coded text I agree that the " + " is redundant and """hello""" is cleaner -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barnhill, Jason (Jason) Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:31 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: how to escape quotes in setfield action ?
I use 4 quotes successfully... """" + "hello" + """" I do this quite often, it's always worked for me... -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jarl Grøneng Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:27 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: how to escape quotes in setfield action ? Have you tried: """? Should be: """hello""" -- Jarl On 7/16/07, Andrew Hicox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Everyone: > > I've got an active link with a set fields action. > I need to set a string containing quotes into a char field. > > For the sake of brevity, let's just say I need to set the string: > "hello" (including the quotes) into a char field. > > I can't figure out how to escape the quotes in the set fields action. > \" dosen't seem to work, nor "\ or \\". > > I can't find a thing in the documentation on this. > Can anyone help me ? > > thanks, > > -Andrew > > > Andrew N. Hicox > Hicox Information Systems LLC > Manassas, VA USA > http://hicox.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 703-367-9085 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" > ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"