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build_detail_format question
I am having little question about "build_detail_format" under "build options" and was wondering if anyone had any idea on how to do this:

Link Column Property:

Name: link_type
Column Type: enum
value: type1, type2, type3

Now I want to have detailed url like

domain.com/<%if link_type eq type1%>type1<%else%>default<%endif%>/id.html

I tried using different options in build_detail_format however seems like either I am doing something wrong or the input field does not accept if/else type of condition in there.

Any tips?

Thanks.

Vishal

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Re: [SWDevil.Com] build_detail_format question In reply to
Hi,

You can't use <%%> syntax, only %Field_Name% .. so basically, what your trying to do isn't possible.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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Re: [Andy] build_detail_format question In reply to
Wow that was a quick reply :)

Hum.. that sucks.. I kinda had thought of an alternative, however it seems too much of a modification for one function, however I suppose don't have many options now.. :(

Thanks for the input and help.

Vishal

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Re: [SWDevil.Com] build_detail_format question In reply to
In glinks 3.3 we added the ability to specify columns or if that column was empty, an alternative:

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Added new syntax to category and detailed url formats. This additional syntax allows you to use a format such as: '%Category_URL|Full_Name%', where Category_URL is a new column in the Category table. If Category_URL has a non-zero length value, then it will be used, otherwise Full_Name will be used. You can have an unlimited list of columns to try (the first column to return a value will be used).

Not exactly what you need as you can't specify a string default.

Adrian

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brewt: May 28, 2010, 11:28 AM