On 09/11/08 12:39, norseman wrote:
Larry Evans wrote:
I created an input field with name=inp-fun-field0'.
Then, a few lines down, I created another input field.
I guess, by accident, I gave it the same name, inp-fun-field0.
Isn't that a bug? I'd expect the input field names are
unique; otherwise, that's the purpose of the name? If
the name is only a description, then maybe I could
understand it, but 'name' at least to me, suggests
a unique value.
Help search for 'input field' did show an 'Input Field'
link; however, when I went there, it had, in bold,
Input Field, but didn't mention anything about unniqueness
of the name.
TIA
-Larry
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I'm not seeing a detail I would like to know about.
If you put text or number 1 in first of duplicate field entry and 2 in
second, what happens then? Do both go to second value when used?
If so - overwriting is allowed. If not, The application programmer
needs to answer your question. I assume case and such are also matching
because differing case means differing variables.
The norm is: Each variable has to be unique in order to be discernible.
The exception occurs in Excel. When line 1 has the same text in
different columns and the file is written out as a CSV, duplicate field
names are kept. Excel, when making CSV or DBF files, voids the rules
and neither are then directly usable in data base work. Excel is
position based only. Labels mean nothing. I recently had to work with a
set of files in which each had three different field names repeated 36
times each. I had to write a black box to straighten them (several
hundred files) out for subsequent use.
Steve
norseman
Steve,
Your mention of Excel suggests your'e talking about OOCalc, not write,
the word processor. My problem was with the word processor (I thought
the [writer] in subject line would indicate that).
To answer your question, the two entries seem completely independent.
I can change the value in one and it's not reflected in the other.
Is that the intention or is there a bug in my OOoWriter.
To be specific about which writer, the help:about shows:
openoffice.org-core 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.Mon Jun 30 11:50:15 UTC 2008.
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