On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Hugo Arts <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The variable is inserted just fine for me, though there's some > problems with the <a> tag, because you shouldn't surround GET > variables with quotation marks, e.g. you should do this: > > http://example.com/?ecn=423434 > NOT this: > http://example.com/?ecn="423434"; > > If you do this, the HTML parser will encounter the first ", think that > it's come to the end of the href="" attribute, and ignore the rest. > But that's an HTML issue, not a python one. > > As an aside, consider using string formatting operations like so: > > newMail.HTMLBody = """ > <pre> > ECN number {0} on Project {1} has been closed. > Below is a link to the ECN on the intranet. > <a > href="http://web_server_at_work.com/cgi-bin/part-url.cgi?ecn={0}<http://web_server_at_work.com/cgi-bin/part-url.cgi?ecn=%7B0%7D> > ">{0}</a> > ECN Description: > {2}""".format(pecn, pecn_project, pdesc) > > > Hugo, Thank you for the reminder of the problem with the HTML. I see that now. You are right, however, using that format method works wonderfully and is definitely the way to go! I see how I can apply that in lots of ways. Thanks for the help, Bill
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