[ic] perl problem with $Tag->set...

Chris Snow interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Sun Mar 9 10:48:00 2003


Thank you, it worked.

Is there any specific documentation on namespaces?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stefan Hornburg" <racke@linuxia.de>
To: <interchange-users@icdevgroup.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: [ic] perl problem with $Tag-&gt;set...


> On Sat, 8 Mar 2003 19:50:51 -0500
> JOHN  <java02@ureach.com> wrote:
> 
> > > "Chris Snow" <snowch@care4pcs.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I am trying to run some decode a variable for input to an 
> > sql query.  I
> > > > can't get it to work.  Can anyone please give me some 
> > pointers?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > [perl]
> > > >     $name="sm_type";
> > > >     if ($Tag->cgi($name) == 1) { $BODY="Aural" };
> > > >     if ($Tag->cgi($name) == 2) { $BODY="Piano Trio" };
> > > >     if ($Tag->cgi($name) == 3) { $BODY="String Trio" };
> > > >     if ($Tag->cgi($name) == 4) { $BODY="Ensemble with 
> > wind" };
> > > > 
> > > >     $name="sm_fulltype";
> > > >     $Tag->set($name, $BODY);
> > > > [/perl]
> > > > 
> > > >    [query sql="select sku, description, price from products 
> > where
> > > > prod_group='sheet music' and category='[value sm_fulltype]' 
> > order by
> > > > category2;"
> > > 
> > > You don't need to use $Tag to access the different 
> > namespaces, try
> > > $CGI->{$name}, $Scratch->{$name}, $Values->{$name}. set 
> > applies to
> > > the scratch namespace, so your code is determined to break.
> > > 
> > 
> > why is that determined to break? isn't it the same thing? I 
> > still dont know enough about IC. This is just a question.
> 
> I recommend to figure out the different namespaces and their
> accessor tags from the documentation.
> 
> WRT your code (not tested):
> 
> [calc]
> @stuff = ('', 'Aural', 'Piano trio'); 
> $Values->{sm_fulltype}=$stuff[$CGI->{sm_type}];
> ''
> [/calc]
> 
> should work with your query.
> 
> Bye
>         Racke
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