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iwextattr - Issue setting EA containing quotes

Tim__D

I've verified that all the variables below are populated. If my EA ($odcrmd_description) does not contain quotes in its value then the command works fine. If they are present in the value then it does not work. Does anyone have an suggestions or workaround based on a similar experience.

$res = `$iwhome/bin/iwextattr -s "TeamSite/Metadata/Description=$odcrmd_description" "$ofile"`;

Thanks,

- Tim

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akshathp

I've verified that all the variables below are populated. If my EA ($odcrmd_description) does not contain quotes in its value then the command works fine. If they are present in the value then it does not work. Does anyone have an suggestions or workaround based on a similar experience.

$res = `$iwhome/bin/iwextattr -s "TeamSite/Metadata/Description=$odcrmd_description" "$ofile"`;

Thanks,

- Tim

If you want quotes in odcrmd_description variable to be entered as a part of EA text as well, then you should escape the quotes. You could use a regex to escape the quotes in odcrmd_description variable before iwextattr command is executed.

Is this what you wanted?

Tim__D

If you want quotes in odcrmd_description variable to be entered as a part of EA text as well, then you should escape the quotes. You could use a regex to escape the quotes in odcrmd_description variable before iwextattr command is executed.

Is this what you wanted?

Thanks. I tried that but now its setting the EA's with blank values? I was hoping that instead of something like s/\"/\\\"/g; I could use a perl built in function when I get the EA value. I've seen people use qq{} and qx{} but they dont seem to be working....

Adam Stoller

I've verified that all the variables below are populated. If my EA ($odcrmd_description) does not contain quotes in its value then the command works fine. If they are present in the value then it does not work. Does anyone have an suggestions or workaround based on a similar experience.

$res = `$iwhome/bin/iwextattr -s "TeamSite/Metadata/Description=$odcrmd_description" "$ofile"`;

Thanks,

- Tim

You have to encode the quotes as entities for it to be accepted as an EA - e.g.:

...
use HTML::Entities;
...
my $edesc = encode_entities($odcrmd_description);
my $res = qx($iwhome/bin/iwextattr -s "TeamSite/Metadata/Description=$edesc" "$ofile");
...

Tim__D

You have to encode the quotes as entities for it to be accepted as an EA - e.g.:
...
use HTML::Entities;
...
my $edesc = encode_entities($odcrmd_description);
my $res = qx($iwhome/bin/iwextattr -s "TeamSite/Metadata/Description=$edesc" "$ofile");
...

Top quality. This will be capable of handeling much more than a simple regex of a few characters $odcrmd_description=~ s/(\"|\')/\\$1/g;

Thanks - Tim

Tim__D

You have to encode the quotes as entities for it to be accepted as an EA - e.g.:
...
use HTML::Entities;
...
my $edesc = encode_entities($odcrmd_description);
my $res = qx($iwhome/bin/iwextattr -s "TeamSite/Metadata/Description=$edesc" "$ofile");
...

I could see applications for using this module when outputing values from Templating entered by users. Sometimes the characters need to be escaped in order to display correctly in all browsers and the users do not always escape them. Have you used this .pm for that purpose. Is it prevelant in your implementations.

Adam Stoller

I could see applications for using this module when outputing values from Templating entered by users. Sometimes the characters need to be escaped in order to display correctly in all browsers and the users do not always escape them. Have you used this .pm for that purpose. Is it prevelant in your implementations.

I've used the module before for different reasons. I don't know if I'd go as far as to say it's prevelant in my implementations - but I wouldn't call it a stranger either ;-)

Tim__D

I've used the module before for different reasons. I don't know if I'd go as far as to say it's prevelant in my implementations - but I wouldn't call it a stranger either ;-)

Ok got it

Is there a similar module that encodes html in utf-8?

Adam Stoller

Ok got it Is there a similar module that encodes html in utf-8?

I suggest you poke around on http://search.cpan.org - if you find something that loooks like it meets your needs - try running perldoc on it on your TS server - if you're lucky - it will already be there so you won't have to worry about installing another module. If not, you'll have to go through the various methods of installing custom modules for use with TeamSite's iwperl.

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gzevin

I could see applications for using this module when outputing values from Templating entered by users. Sometimes the characters need to be escaped in order to display correctly in all browsers and the users do not always escape them. Have you used this .pm for that purpose. Is it prevelant in your implementations.

I used this module for last.. many years... Especially when encoding URLS in CGI scripts, etc, etc

akshathp

Ok got it Is there a similar module that encodes html in utf-8?

If this is related to EA values encode/decode in UTF-8 then have you tried "-u" switch with iwextattr?