Re: [mv] Can Anyone Get [if] to work in this case?

[Ryan Hertz <rhertz@gyb.baits.com>]

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At 01:32 PM 4/20/00 , you wrote:
>******    message to minivend-users from "John C. Beima" 
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>
>G'Day Folks,
>
>I need to be able to do some conditional code, based on the content of a field
>in one of my database.

[snip]

>But the [if data] doesn't seem to work with scratch variables. so if you go:
>
>[if data base="store" field="pg_[scratch page]_hd" key="[scratch outlet]" ==
>1]
>
>or
>
>[if data base="store" field="pg_[scratch page]_hd" key="[scratch outlet]" ==
>1]
>
>Nothing happens.
>
>Now if you go [if data store::pg_1_hd::100ADM == 1]
>
>It works.
>
>However [if data store::pg_[scratch page]_hd::[scratch outlet]] it doesn't.
>
>I have tried surrounding the scratch variables with quotes and inserting the
>interpolation=1, neither works. I have also tried different variations of [if
>explicit] as well, to no luck.
>
>Any ideas?

Try interpolate=1 (if that was the problem) or perhaps (I forget if this is 
right) instead of using == 1, try eq "1"

I have the most success with conditionals using this format:
[if explicit]
[condition]
         return 1 if $Safe{'scratch'}->{'outlet'} eq "11-20";
         return 0;
[/condition]
<P><I>This item does not contain salt. (11-20)
[else]
<P><I>Our soft plastics are salt-impregnated using a patented process.
[/else]
[/if]

Or maybe this technique could help:

[loop search="fi=store.asc/sf=pg_[scratch page]_hd/se=[scratch 
outlet]/ml=1/co=yes"]I found [scratch outlet] in pg_[scratch page]_hd[/loop]

Basically, the conditionals in Minivend can be a bit tricky -- the best 
results will be found using Perl.  :-)

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