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F R E N D Z of martian
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Well Theodopolis, glad to see you've chosen the sensible route and changed
your name...
I don't know about NTLworld - I just realised the contractor I know in NTL
is on this list (hi phil) and someone else from a different bit of NTL gets
the digest (hi rachel) so maybe they can get it fixed :-) unlikely though,
at a guess...
----- Original Message -----
From: John O'Callaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: The web and Irish names
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> F R E N D Z of martian
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> Thanx for the explaination
> A decent explaination is what I asked for and that is just what I got
> and a bit of perl into the bargain ; )
> I am that good at perl yet but at Least Irish people (and people with
> spainish addresses) will be ok with my database and scripts.
>
>
> [snip]
> > If this happened to be in the WebTV part of ntl I could probably get it
> > fixed as I know a contractor there.
> >
> [snip]
>
> Well it is part of the ntlworld.com is that the same dept.? I have
> mentioned it them but It is still %27 on the maillist.
> but hey, 0800 net access and national calls and local rates you can call
me
> "theodopolis aardvark" for all I care!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Martin Cosgrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 5:36 PM
> Subject: Re: The web and Irish names
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> > F R E N D Z of martian
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> > Support status: closed
> > Problem: User error in name
> > Outcome: Dispatched deed poll form
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: John O'Callaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 5:30 PM
> > Subject: The web and Irish names
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> > > F R E N D Z of martian
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> > > Dear Frendz of marsbard
> > > Can anyone explain why the Web does not like Irish names.
> > >
> > > my surname is O'Callaghan
> > >
> >
> > Crappy coding - apostrophes break SQL ("insert into names (surname)
values
> > ('O'Callaghan')" - as you can see there's a disparity of apostrophes -
SQL
> > will stop after 'O' and see an unknown command "Callaghan" and die.
Which
> is
> > why it has to be escaped "insert into names (surname) values
> > ('O\'Callaghan')" (backslash) or "insert into names (surname) values
> > ('O''Callaghan')" (double) dependent on the server
> >
> > > but ntl have it has O%27Callaghan
> >
> > If this happened to be in the WebTV part of ntl I could probably get it
> > fixed as I know a contractor there.
> >
> > > compfutures made it O\"\"Callaghan
> > stupid escape... shoot the coders
> >
> > > and quite a few have just choked
> > didn't anticipate any names with apostrophes...
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Is an a apostrophe really that difficult to deal with?
> > > or is it just lazy script writers only going for A-Z ?
> > >
> > > I know that it is a perl script thing the %27 thing (please correct me
> if
> > I
> > > am wrong)
> > URL-escaped apostrophe
> >
> >
> > > but a decent explaination would be nice.
> > >
> > > the last thing you want is a load of angry Irish surfers!
> > >
> > > Thanx in advance
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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