[FX.php List] @ and ~ in TO and field names

[Dale Bengston]

Hi Joel,

I'd roll the dice and try some FX queries with the naming as-is. (Or  
simulate it in another testing system if you don't have full web  
access to the actual file yet.) If it works, you're off the hook. If  
it doesn't, you can start making plans for name changes.

Dale

On Sep 23, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Joel Shapiro wrote:

> Any thoughts on this, anyone?
> -Joel
>
> On Sep 19, 2008, at 4:14 PM, Joel Shapiro wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I've just inherited a DB for which I'll be converting a site from  
>> lasso to PHP.
>>
>> All Join TOs currently use the '@' symbol to represent the join,  
>> e.g. Parent at Child (ugh!).  Additionally, some base Tables and some  
>> field names start with a '~' symbol, e.g. ~Table or ~Field.
>>
>> Certainly this is not good practice, but does anyone know if these  
>> will (definitely) cause problems when using them with PHP?   
>> Seemingly there've been no problems using them w/ lasso.
>>
>> The lasso site already uses a separate FM Web file, so if I were to  
>> use that for the PHP, I *could* change the TO names in that file --  
>> although field names would still have the ~ symbol.
>>
>> There seem to be a *lot* of TO names I'd have to change.  Would I  
>> be asking for trouble if I were to leave the @ and ~ symbols in the  
>> TO names?
>>
>> TIA,
>> -Joel
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