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Robert Garcia President - BigHead Technology VP Application Development - eventpix.com 15520 Coutelenc Rd Magalia, Ca 95954 ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040 rgar...@bighead.net - rgar...@eventpix.com http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ On Dec 8, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Robert Garcia wrote: > Understand, but you said "unsupported" and "not recommended" which makes it > sound like it is something that shouldn't be done, and could be deprecated or > removed, which would break code if that is being used by others. I can tell > you that I/we have used that technique many times. It also seems to me like a > very VALID technique, a way of making an ASSOCIATIVE array, within witango. > > -- > > Robert Garcia > President - BigHead Technology > VP Application Development - eventpix.com > 15520 Coutelenc Rd > Magalia, Ca 95954 > ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040 > rgar...@bighead.net - rgar...@eventpix.com > http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ > > On Dec 8, 2010, at 9:23 AM, Robert Shubert wrote: > >> As I said, it’s not documented, and therefore not an “official” function of >> the server. >> >> Robert >> >> From: Robert Garcia [mailto:wita...@bighead.net] >> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 11:08 AM >> To: Witango-Talk@witango.com >> Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Array value >> >> Unsupported? That is a technique I think many of us have used for many >> moons. Why would it not be supported? >> >> -- >> >> Robert Garcia >> President - BigHead Technology >> VP Application Development - eventpix.com >> 15520 Coutelenc Rd >> Magalia, Ca 95954 >> ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040 >> rgar...@bighead.net - rgar...@eventpix.com >> http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ >> >> On Dec 7, 2010, at 6:17 PM, Robert Shubert wrote: >> >> >> John, >> >> What you are attempting to do here, assigning a key value into column zero, >> is undocumented and unsupported. In fact, while it does seem to work, it is >> not recommended for use. Currently only assignment into row zero (column >> naming) is supported. >> >> Until I have an opportunity to look into column zero in a future version, I >> would recommend that you use the @FILTER tag to identify a particular row. >> As such: >> >> <@ASSIGN myFocusRow <@FILTER array=request$myArray expr=”#1 = ‘Key1’>> >> <@IF @@myFocusRow> >> <@! We found a row with Key1> >> <@VAR myFocusRow[1,2]> = Value 1 >> <@ELSE> >> <@! No row found> >> </@IF> >> >> All that said, what is happening is that an unknown key value is interpreted >> as a zero. Therefore, when you do <@VAR request$myArray[boguskey,2]> what >> you get back is the same as <@VAR request$myArray[0,2]>. Knowing that may >> help you build a test for a bad key, by matching the returned value to the >> row zero value. >> >> I hope that helps for now, and I will look into column zero and other issues >> regarding arrays in 2011 to hopefully make them much more useful. >> >> Robert >> >> PS. Checking to see if an array column contains a value can be done with >> <@IF expr=”<@VAR myArray[*,1]> contains ‘keyValue’”><@! It does></@IF> >> >> From: John Hotaling [mailto:jhotal...@auctionanything.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 10:20 AM >> To: Witango-Talk@witango.com >> Subject: Witango-Talk: Array value >> >> Hello: >> We're "reading in" a simple key/value list from a table via a stored >> procedure and assigning to an array in Witango. We then assigned the "0" >> column to the key name in column 1 for easy value lookup - something like >> >> <@FOR START="1" STOP="<@NUMROWS ARRAY='request$MyArray'>" STEP="1"> >> <@ASSIGN "request$MyArray[<@CURROW>,0]" <@VAR >> "request$MyArray[<@CURROW>,1]">> >> </@FOR> >> >> So, >> >> <@var request$MyArray[Key1,2]> = Value1 >> <@var request$MyArray[Key2,2]> = Value2 >> etc >> >> However, if a particular key does NOT exist (which happens in our scenario) >> in the db (say Key3) then <@var request$MyArray[Key3,2]> is returning >> "value" instead of an empty value (as does <@var >> request$MyArray[somebogusname,2]>). I was expecting an empty value here. >> It's been awhile, but maybe this method is not optimal for checking the >> existence of a particular key/value pair in addition to accessing the values >> of various keys. >> >> Thanks in advance for any insight or recommendations. >> >> John >> >> Robert, best of luck with the recent acquisition. As so many have already >> commented, we also appreciate your diligence and responsiveness on the talk >> list and look forward to seeing where you take the product. I can't believe >> we started using the product back in 1996 - what a journey. >> >> -- >> John Hotaling >> jhotal...@auctionanything.com >> www.AuctionAnything.com >> 800-866-8009 >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to lists...@witango.com >> with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body. >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to lists...@witango.com >> with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body. >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to lists...@witango.com >> with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body. >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to lists...@witango.com >> with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body. > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to lists...@witango.com > with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body. ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to lists...@witango.com with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body.
