How to handle errors from subtags

HFCDev · 2025-03-09T17:56:55+00:00

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Hi,

Let's say I have a subtag which throws an error. if I am writing the contents of my tag using SETVAR:clientInfo, if it completes without error, I get clientInfo as an ASSOC, but if it throws an error, it comes back with a string like * TAGNAME :some error message *

Is there a good way to detect errors when the data type could be either String (if an error) or Assoc (if not)?

Thanks in advance

-Hugh Ferguson

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appuq

A pattern I learned from our guru Chris Webster is like this

[LL_WEBREPORT_STARTROW /]<TR CLASS="[LL_REPTAG_ROWNUM ODDEVEN:userRow1:userRow2 /]" VALIGN="CENTER" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT">

	<TD>[LL_REPTAG=DataID PERMACTION:ACL:[LL_REPTAG_&userID /]:UPDATE:242599 SETVAR:result /]</TD>

<TD>[LL_REPTAG=Name /]</TD>

<TD>[LL_REPTAG=SubType /]</TD>

<TD>[LL_REPTAG=Path /]</TD>


[LL_WEBREPORT_IF "*" STARTIN "[LL_REPTAG_!result /]" /]

	<TD>"WARNING ERRORS OCCURRED:" [LL_REPTAG=DataID   /]  WAS NOT Permission Updated</TD>

        <TD>"API ERRORS:" [LL_REPTAG_!result /] </TD>

[LL_WEBREPORT_ELSE /]

        <TD>"SUCCESFULLY Permission Pushed" [LL_REPTAG=DataID   /]</TD>

        <TD>&nbsp; </TD>

[LL_WEBREPORT_ENDIF /]


</TR>[LL_WEBREPORT_ENDROW /]

In this case, the SETVAR is going to put what errors came,is this what you are looking for or are you wanting how to return it while in Oscript( as in the code for the tag)

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appuq

A pattern I learned from our guru Chris Webster is like this

[LL_WEBREPORT_STARTROW /]<TR CLASS="[LL_REPTAG_ROWNUM ODDEVEN:userRow1:userRow2 /]" VALIGN="CENTER" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT">

	<TD>[LL_REPTAG=DataID PERMACTION:ACL:[LL_REPTAG_&userID /]:UPDATE:242599 SETVAR:result /]</TD>

<TD>[LL_REPTAG=Name /]</TD>

<TD>[LL_REPTAG=SubType /]</TD>

<TD>[LL_REPTAG=Path /]</TD>


[LL_WEBREPORT_IF "*" STARTIN "[LL_REPTAG_!result /]" /]

	<TD>"WARNING ERRORS OCCURRED:" [LL_REPTAG=DataID   /]  WAS NOT Permission Updated</TD>

        <TD>"API ERRORS:" [LL_REPTAG_!result /] </TD>

[LL_WEBREPORT_ELSE /]

        <TD>"SUCCESFULLY Permission Pushed" [LL_REPTAG=DataID   /]</TD>

        <TD>&nbsp; </TD>

[LL_WEBREPORT_ENDIF /]


</TR>[LL_WEBREPORT_ENDROW /]

In this case, the SETVAR is going to put what errors came,is this what you are looking for or are you wanting how to return it while in Oscript( as in the code for the tag)

HFCDev

Thanks Appu,

I ended up doing something similar. I had never heard of the STARTIN tag, so instead used a pattern match to detect leading and trailing * but the principle is basically the same.

-hugh