sam,
try this.
<#assign prodDesc =
productContentWrapper.get("LONG_DESCRIPTION")?if_exists>
<#if prodDesc?if_exists?trim != "">
${productContentWrapper.get("LONG_DESCRIPTION")}
<#else>
${productContentWrapper.get("DESCRIPTION")?if_exists}
</#if>
best wishes
prasanth. r
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Sam Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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