Having trouble with iif and quotes

[dmorand]

I'm having an issue with quotes and double quotes on my iif statement. I'm trying to call a javascript function but can't seem to get the syntax correct. I know it's failing because I have this setup: <a href="javascript:alert('hi');">. I don't know how I can setup the quotes in order to get this working properly. It could just be friday, but I've been tinkering around with this, and am truly stumped now.

#iif(session.access eq 'admin',
DE("<li><a href="javascript:alert('hi');">Administration</a></li>"),DE(''))#

"an expression beginning with "iif", on line 72, column 14.This message is usually caused by a problem in the expressions structure."

[acoder]

You need to escape the quotes:

#iif(session.access eq 'admin',
            DE("<li><a href=\"javascript:alert('hi');\">Administration</a></li>"),DE(''))#

Not directly related to the problem, but I would avoid the javascript: protocol in href. Use something like:

<a href=\"##\" onclick=\"alert('hi');\">Administration</a>

The pound sign needs to be escaped too hence the double pound.

[dmorand]

You need to escape the quotes:

#iif(session.access eq 'admin',
            DE("<li><a href=\"javascript:alert('hi');\">Administration</a></li>"),DE(''))#

Not directly related to the problem, but I would avoid the javascript: protocol in href. Use something like:

<a href=\"##\" onclick=\"alert('hi');\">Administration</a>

The pound sign needs to be escaped too hence the double pound.

Excellent, thanks acoder!!!

[acoder]

You're welcome. Glad to help :)