[ic] using catalog.cfg to change data output

[scott andreas]

Ed LaFrance wrote:
> 
> At 10:50 AM 1/26/01 -0800, you wrote:
> 
> >For instance:
> >
> >our user database has creditcard information of:
> >
> >7  = american express
> >5  = visa
> >3  = mastercard
> >
> >and so forth.
> >
> >Is what i want to have displayed is
> >
> >american express
> >visa
> >or
> >masterccard
> >
> >in the html output.
> 
> To do something like this, I would set up a cc database:
> 
> file cc.txt
> 
> code    type
> 7       american express
> 5       visa
> 3       mastercard
> 
> ...and don't forget to configure the db in catalog.cfg.  Then to display
> the name for the code, you can just do this (assuming the code is stored in
> a field called cc_type in userdb)
> 
> [loop arg="[value cc_type]"][loop-data cc type][/loop]
> 
> -- or --
> 
> [data base=cc field=type key="[value cc_type]"]
> 
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I'm going to give it a try...but by the looks of it this might work

I'll let you know.

Thanks
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