On 19/12/00 10:39 am, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12/19/00 1:12 AM, "Barry Wainwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> So why can�t I say (pop account whose name contains �Barry�) or anything like
>> that?
>
>
> You always have to say
>
> every POP account whose name contains "Barry"
>
> or �first� or �last� if you�re willing to risk an error if there is none].
> That works. Try that in the Finder, or any app: it�s the same. It�s in the
> ASLG under Filter Reference.
>
Of course! That makes sense. There could be more than one match. Duh!
>
> But there�s a strange bug for �email address� of account
>
> every POP account whose email address is �[EMAIL PROTECTED]�
>
> will give you {}. But
>
> every POP account where its email address is
> �[EMAIL PROTECTED]�
>
> will give you the correct answer
>
> -- {POP account id 1}
>
> or whatever.
>
> It should be exactly the same, but it isn�t. Don�t ask me why � very weird,
> isn�t it? Dan showed me this solution once, but I don�t think he gave a reason
> for it either. I believe it�s a confusion with the �email address� property of
> contact or something like that. Probably the use of �it� is what helps, since
> I just discovered this also works correctly:
>
> every POP account whose email address of it is "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> -- {POP account id 1}
OK, thanks for the tip.
When I first started scripting Eudora there were all sorts of little
oddities like this that kept sneaking up on me. After a while they become
second nature and you don't give them a thought. I guess moving to another
app is like putting on new shoes - it pinches in places the old one didn't.
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=Barry Wainwright=
<http://homepage.mac.com/barryw>
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