[ic] Require variable

Thu Aug 2 17:26:01 2001

Jon Jensen <jon@redhat.com>
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08/02/2001 04:09 PM
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On Thu, 2 Aug 2001 bill@worldwideimpact.com wrote:

>> Please make Require directive require variables as in
>> Require variable STOREID

> Could you elaborate on this proposal? Require what about that variable?
> That it exist? That it be non-empty? That it be a specific value? Any
> examples of specific problems this would solve for you?

> Jon

Require that it exists.

One example is that I have UserTags that rely on certain catalog 
variables. It would be nice to require that those variables at least exist 
before starting the given catalog.

Another example is using catalog variables in queries. I often say things 
like [query sql=|SELECT * FROM __DB__.items|]. __DB__ has a different 
value based on what host the catalog is running on. DB is set to a test 
database if the host is the devo host. If DB is not defined certain pages 
will fail. It would be good to at least require that DB is defined.

Bill Carr
Worldwide Impact
bill@worldwideimpact.com
413.253.6700
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