On product A - with a description and no long description:
====> <p>
<snip real description>
====>
On product B - with a long_description and no description
====>
====> <p> <snip real description>
There is content in there!
Thanks
Sam
On 20 Jun 2011, at 18:18, prasanth r wrote:
> Sam,
> Print and see,
> ====> ${productContentWrapper.get("DESCRIPTION")}
>
> ====> ${productContentWrapper.get("LONG_DESCRIPTION")}
>
> post the output too.
> thanks
> prasath. r
>
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Sam Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> All the examples including yours seem to work like this
>> if the code snippet checked for the description first then
>> If product A has a description then it shows a description
>> If product B has a long_description then it shows nothing.
>>
>> If you then swap the code so that it checks for long_description first then
>> If product A has a description then it shows nothing
>> If product B has a long_description then it shows the long_description.
>>
>> ${productContentWrapper} just shows
>> org.ofbiz.product.product.ProductContentWrapper@6ec0ac92
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sam
>>
>>
>> On 20 Jun 2011, at 18:03, Hardik Handa wrote:
>>
>>> Sam,
>>>
>>> Wat does it print when u use the code lines I provided ???
>>> It would be of help to me to figure out the actual problem
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Sam Hamilton [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 3:31 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: Help with a FTL if
>>>
>>> Hi Hardik and Jacques - tried both that and also does not work.
>>>
>>> So far the only solution would be to hope that one product does not have
>> both a description and a long_description and use:
>>> ${productContentWrapper.get("DESCRIPTION")}
>>> ${productContentWrapper.get("LONG_DESCRIPTION")}
>>>
>>> Very fustrating!
>>>
>>> Sam
>>>
>>>
>>> On 20 Jun 2011, at 17:54, prasanth r wrote:
>>>
>>>> hardick,
>>>>
>>>> exists will only check for existance of the variable. is it?
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>> prasath. r
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Hardik Handa <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> <#if productContentWrapper.get("DESCRIPTION")?exists>
>>>>>
>>>>> ${productContentWrapper.get("DESCRIPTION")}
>>>>>
>>>>> <#elseif productContentWrapper.get("LONG_DESCRIPTION")?exists >
>>>>> ${productContentWrapper.get("LONG_DESCRIPTION")}
>>>>>
>>>>> </#if>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This should do the trick
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Hardik Handa
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Sam Hamilton [mailto:[email protected]]
>>>>> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 3:10 PM
>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>> Subject: Re: Help with a FTL if
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the help but that didn't work either!?
>>>>>
>>>>> If the long_description is called first then where there is a long
>>>>> description on a product it shows the long description but does not
>> show the
>>>>> description on products where there is no long description and only a
>>>>> description and most annoyingly if the description is called first then
>> it
>>>>> shows description but not the long description on products that don't
>> have a
>>>>> description but do have a long description.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sam
>>>>>
>>>>> On 20 Jun 2011, at 17:16, prasanth r wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> sam,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hope we cannot use has_content with not existing variables. So, I
>>>>> suggest
>>>>>> to use 'exists' before has_content
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #if productContentWrapper.get("DESCRIPTION")?exists?has_content>
>>>>>> ${productContentWrapper.get("DESCRIPTION")}
>>>>>> <#else>
>>>>>> ${productContentWrapper.get("LONG_DESCRIPTION")}
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> </#if>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> best wishes
>>>>>> prasath.r
>>>>>> 9442369696
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Sam Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Prasath
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for pointing that out so the revised code should look
>> something
>>>>> like
>>>>>>> this so that if there is no content in description is uses
>>>>> long_description?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <#if productContentWrapper.get("DESCRIPTION")?has_content>
>>>>>>> ${productContentWrapper.get("DESCRIPTION")}
>>>>>>> <#else>
>>>>>>> ${productContentWrapper.get("LONG_DESCRIPTION")}
>>>>>>> </#if>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sam
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 20 Jun 2011, at 16:56, prasanth r wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi sam,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 'exists' will check for existence of the variable.
>>>>>>>> 'if_exists' will check for 'null' value.
>>>>>>>> if you want to check the value then use has_content.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I hope it will help you.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> prasath
>>>>>>>> 9442369696
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Sam Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can someone help me with this if statement - i can only get it to
>>>>> return
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> value for long_description if one exists where as I want it to
>> return
>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> description if no long_description is found?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <#assign prodDesc =
>>>>>>>>> productContentWrapper.get("LONG_DESCRIPTION")?if_exists>
>>>>>>>>> <#if prodDesc?exists>
>>>>>>>>> ${productContentWrapper.get("LONG_DESCRIPTION")}
>>>>>>>>> <#else>
>>>>>>>>> ${productContentWrapper.get("DESCRIPTION")?if_exists}
>>>>>>>>> </#if>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>> Sam
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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