From: Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>
Date: 2006-09-30T00:47:52+09:00
Subject: Re: putting a variable into a KirbyBase database cell

unknown wrote:
> On Sep 28, 2006, at 2:47 PM, Peter Bailey wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> With a lot of help from Jamey, the KirbyBase inventor, I've managed to
>> get a script that does what I want it to. I've proven that I can
>> populate my database properly. But, so far, I've only been able to
>> update my table if I put in literal values, like the value "39" below.
>> But, in my real world, I need to put a variable in there. It's a
>> variable derived prior to this in the program. It's named  
>> "$totalpages."
>> If I put #{$totalpages} in place of the "39" below, I get a parsing
>> error:
> 
> You don't want #{$totalpages} but simply $totalpages.
> 
> The #{...} notation is for use within a string such as:
> 
> 	"There are #{$totalpages} total pages"
> 
> Gary Wright

Thanks, Gary. Yeh, I tried that too, without the braces. I didn't get 
the parse error, but, I didn't get the results I needed, either. I found 
that I have some variable problems. But, thanks for the explanation. 
I've always been confused about when to use #{ or not.
-Peter

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