Guys, The docs need to be updated to better explain using column values in expressions, and I'll be handling this in the final release.
There have been incremental changes to the custom tags along the way as people found issues in various areas, and the emphasis has been on rapidly issuing new releases of the software. The documentation kinda fell behind -- you know how it goes. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Member of Team Macromedia http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com Download Plum and other cool development tools, and get advanced intensive Master-level training: * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers * ColdFusion MX Master Class * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marwan Saidi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 9:24 AM Subject: RE: [plum] Concatenation in List > If you open the Plum help, then search on concatenate, you get 4 topics. The > topics DisplayExpressionInList and DisplayExpressionOnForm do not use the > tablename_columnname convention in their examples, while the Displaying an > expression on a form topic does. I believe that the first two are also the > help text displayed in the custom tag editors. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan > O'Keefe > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 8:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [plum] Concatenation in List > > Is the tutorials not contained within the help docs? > > Dan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marwan Saidi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 8:08 AM > Subject: RE: [plum] Concatenation in List > > > > Actually, I saw this as well, and the Plum Help does _not_ specify the > > tablename_columnname convention. It is in the tutorial, but not the help > > docs. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam > > Churvis > > Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 11:47 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [plum] Concatenation in List > > > > This is a change that happened before RC1, and it's documented in the Plum > > help where it applies. Though you can find it when you read the docs for > > the tags on which it applies, a quick way to find all these references is > > to > > search for "tablename_columnname" in the help. > > > > The whole "tablename_columnname" syntax was a workaround to a bigger issue > > that we have since resolved, and are planning to remove this limitation in > > Plum V1.1. > > > > Respectfully, > > > > Adam Phillip Churvis > > Member of Team Macromedia > > http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com > > > > Download Plum and other cool development tools, > > and get advanced intensive Master-level training: > > > > * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers > > * ColdFusion MX Master Class > > * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:15 AM > > Subject: [plum] Concatenation in List > > > > > > In a past beta version, i was able to concatenate columns in a List > > following the tag instructions: > > > > <cf_DisplayExpressionInList label="Name"> > > <cf_DisplayColumnInList table="Profile" column="FirstName" > > type="varchar(30)"> > > <cf_DisplayColumnInList column="LastName" type="varchar(30)"> > > #FirstName# #LastName# > > </cf_DisplayExpressionInList> > > > > > > But in RC2, this results in the following error: Variable FirstName is > > undefined. > > > > It does however work when you prepend the local variables with > > "TableName_". > > Specifying the table name in <cf_DisplayColumnInList> had no effect. > > > > <cf_DisplayExpressionInList label="Name"> > > <cf_DisplayColumnInList table="Profile" column="FirstName" > > type="varchar(30)"> > > <cf_DisplayColumnInList column="LastName" type="varchar(30)"> > > #Profile_FirstName# #Profile_LastName# > > </cf_DisplayExpressionInList> > > > > Is this a change from earlier versions and is it documented anywhere ? > > Thanks, > > > > > > ---Stephen Ansari > > Blue Raster LLC > > 2500 Wilson Blvd Suite 245 > > Arlington, VA 22201 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > You can subscribe to and unsubscribe from lists, and you can change > > your subscriptions between normal and digest modes here: > > > > http://www.productivityenhancement.com/support/DiscussionListsForm.cfm > > ********************************************************************** > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > You can subscribe to and unsubscribe from lists, and you can change > > your subscriptions between normal and digest modes here: > > > > http://www.productivityenhancement.com/support/DiscussionListsForm.cfm > > ********************************************************************** > > > > > ********************************************************************** > You can subscribe to and unsubscribe from lists, and you can change > your subscriptions between normal and digest modes here: > > http://www.productivityenhancement.com/support/DiscussionListsForm.cfm > ********************************************************************** > > > > > ********************************************************************** > You can subscribe to and unsubscribe from lists, and you can change > your subscriptions between normal and digest modes here: > > http://www.productivityenhancement.com/support/DiscussionListsForm.cfm > ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** You can subscribe to and unsubscribe from lists, and you can change your subscriptions between normal and digest modes here: http://www.productivityenhancement.com/support/DiscussionListsForm.cfm **********************************************************************
