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

[Jonathan Clark]

> > > 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.

because your sql uses a [value] and your perl is setting a [scratch].

Jonathan.