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Re: [mv] Using Scratch Variable as Pointer
****** message to minivend-users from Mike Heins <mikeh@minivend.com> ******
Quoting Eric Paul (epaul@spellbook.net):
>
> Is there any good reason that you can't use a scratch variable as a pointer
> into a database? I'm trying to parse this code under Minivend 4.04a and it
> is returning nothing. Assume that all the proper entries do exist in the
> database.
>
> [seti product_category][data
> table=master
> col=category
> key=`
> $tmp = q{[my-code]};
> $tmp
> `]
> [/seti]
>
> [data
> table=cat
> col=banner_text
> key=`
> $tmp = q{[scratch product_category]};
> $tmp =~ s/[ ,].*//;
> $tmp
> `]</B></FONT></TD>
I don't understand this -- you are trying to Mix MV tags with the
perl in the key parameter, and to no effect. While you could do
"[calc] ... [/calc]", there is no point in trying to do things this way.
key=`
$tmp = $Scratch->{product_category};
$tmp =~ s/[ ,].*//;
$tmp
`
is correct.
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