Great - that code works perfect!
Many thanks everyone!
Sam
On 20 Jun 2011, at 18:37, prasanth r wrote:
> 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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