I often use carets ^ and pipes | for array delimiters to get around the comma problem.
Didn't realize you could use something like [ROW] - I'll have to remember that! > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Shubert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 5:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Those dang commas! > > > I've used anything from as simple as a tilda ~ to using > short text strings like [ROW] and [COL] as my delimiters. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Irvine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 6:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Witango-Talk: Those dang commas! > > Every now and again a customer tells me their site isn't working. > > File: array.taf > Position: RecordList > Class: Internal > Main Error Number: -612 > The initialization string does not match the specified row > and column dimensions, or the row and column dimensions are > inconsistent within the initialization string. > > Takes me some time to realise that they have have entered a > delimiter (, ; > etc) in a field that is being used in an array and that all > that needs to be done is to edit some database entries (a > doddle in FMP). > > Of course what I really should do is fix the problem. I mean, > commas are pretty standard fare for names of events, addresses etc. > > How do others approach this? Specify different row and column > delimiters? Use some sort of encoding of the input field or > variable? Use a replace and the character code for commas etc? > > I just don't want to reinvent the wheel or do 10 lines of > code when there is a metatag of parameter I have missed. Any > help would be appreciated. > > BTW T2000 mostly but WT5 also. > > Wayne Irvine > > Byte Services Pty Ltd > http://www.byteserve.com.au/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ph 02 9960 6099 Mob 0409 960 609 Fax 02 9960 6088 > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf
