Gossamer Forum: Products: DBMan: Installation: Checking if there is anything in field

Mar 9, 1999, 5:40 PM

JFrost

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Mar 9, 1999, 5:40 PM

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Checking if there is anything in field

Hi,

One of the fields I will be using is the description field. Many of the records don't have a description, so I thought I would use the if command

Code:
if ( $rec{'Description'} ) { 
print "blah,blah,blah"; 
}

The problem which I am having is, it will print blah,blah,blah no mater if there something, or nothing entered in the description field.

Did I not enter it wrong?

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JFrost

Mar 9, 1999, 6:16 PM

JPDeni

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Mar 9, 1999, 6:16 PM

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Your syntax is right.

Are you sure there's absolutely nothing in the field, not even a carriage return?

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JPD

Mar 10, 1999, 1:17 AM

JFrost

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Mar 10, 1999, 1:17 AM

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Hi,

Right now, the way I set it is that if there is something in the description, display it. If there is nothing there, don't write anything. What is the syntax to see if there is something in that field. If there is, display it. If it's empty, don't just leave it blank but rather write Nothing Available. What do I have to add to

Code:
if ($rec{'Description'} ) { 
print qq|$rec{'Description'}|; 
}

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JFrost

Mar 10, 1999, 1:21 AM

JPDeni

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Mar 10, 1999, 1:21 AM

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Code:
if ($rec{'Description'}) { 
  print $rec{'Description'}; 
} 
else { 
  print "Nothing Available"; 
}

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JPD

[This message has been edited by JPDeni (edited March 10, 1999).]