hi, just tried to put this in the bug tracker on the website, and it wouldn't let me (it kept saying all the fields were empty...really, they weren't), so, i figurerd here was as good a place as any...
product: witango dev studio 5.5.3 on mac os x 10.2.8 summary: 5.5 beta adds extraneous quote-chars to search actions with custom columns description: with a taf file created using 5.0 (or tango2000), if i have a custom-column in a search action, the xml that is generated has some extra quote (") marks. reproduced: every time steps: using an oci connection (don't know if this is important) 1. make a taf in 5.0 with a search action that contains a custom column. i have always used a concatenated string. 1a. run this using 5.0 server on mac os x...all ok 2. open this taf in 5.5 and make a change to force a save (i have changed the sort order of the search..and then changed it back) 2a. run this new file on same server...oops actual results: when the search action is performed, i get... Error An error occurred while processing your request: File: scottlocal.taf Position: RecordList Class: DBMS Main Error Number: 972 ORA-00972: identifier is too long File: scottlocal.taf Position: RecordList Class: Internal Main Error Number: -101 General error during data source operation. File: scottlocal.taf Position: RecordList Class: Internal Main Error Number: -101 General error during data source operation. expected results: the search additional info: i'm using the scott/tiger database as setup by the install as an example...i discovered this when using 5.5 to modify my real live taf files. my custom column is defined as... to_char(scott.emp.deptno)||' '||to_char(scott.emp.empno) in 5.0, the xml which is produced is... <ColumnName><![CDATA[to_char(scott.emp.deptno)||' '||to_char(scott.emp.empno)]]></ColumnName> in 5.5 the xml is... <ColumnName><![CDATA[to_char(scott."emp.deptno)||' '||to_char(scott.emp.empno)"]]></ColumnName> the same extra "s appear in the sort section as well (i figure, if you fix one, you'll fix both...) i can send you two taf files if you need them (but re-creating the problem is easy) cheers, russell -------------------------------------------------------------- Russell Stephany Lead Developer, Information Technology Australian Graduate School of Management UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052 Australia Tel: +61 2 9931-9263 Fax: +61 2 9931-9349 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.agsm.edu.au The Australian Graduate School of Management is a School of both The University of Sydney & The University of New South Wales. CRICOS Provider Number: 00098G ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf