I've done this also, but I usually use a full CRLF either the <@CRLF> or <@CHAR 13><@CHAR 10>
You'd usually want to do this not only because they can't be entered, but also because it makes the text versions of the arrays more human readable. Robert -----Original Message----- From: Russell Stephany [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 7:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Those dang commas! hi, i tend to use tabs and line-feeds (<@char 9>/<@char 10>) since they can't be entered in an html form (at least type=text) cheers, russell "Wilcox, Jamileh (HSC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/12/2003 10:57:11 AM: > 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 > > ForwardSourceID:NT0000B772 ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf
