[ic] perl problem with $Tag->set...

[JOHN]

> "Chris Snow" <snowch@care4pcs.com> wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to run some decode a variable for input to an 
sql query.  I
> > can't get it to work.  Can anyone please give me some 
pointers?
> > 
> > 
> > [perl]
> >     $name="sm_type";
> >     if ($Tag->cgi($name) == 1) { $BODY="Aural" };
> >     if ($Tag->cgi($name) == 2) { $BODY="Piano Trio" };
> >     if ($Tag->cgi($name) == 3) { $BODY="String Trio" };
> >     if ($Tag->cgi($name) == 4) { $BODY="Ensemble with 
wind" };
> > 
> >     $name="sm_fulltype";
> >     $Tag->set($name, $BODY);
> > [/perl]
> > 
> >    [query sql="select sku, description, price from products 
where
> > prod_group='sheet music' and category='[value sm_fulltype]' 
order by
> > category2;"
> 
> You don't need to use $Tag to access the different 
namespaces, try
> $CGI->{$name}, $Scratch->{$name}, $Values->{$name}. set 
applies to
> the scratch namespace, so your code is determined to break.
> 

why is that determined to break? isn't it the same thing? I 
still dont know enough about IC. This is just a question.

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