libURL will not accept data in a variable

[Richard Gaskin]

Roger.E.Eller at sealedair.com wrote:

> This one is very strange and inconsistent. I am simply using a variable to
> contain each piece of my ftp URL. I have replaced each variable with quoted
> text (one at a time) to determine which variable is causing me grief. It it
> the variable containing my IP address. So I tried using a field instead.
> Still no go. I have tried getting the IP from the field character by
> character and putting it into a new variable. The result is always the
> same. Unless my IP address is quoted text, nothing works. Has anyone seen
> this behavior before? Do you have a solution or an idea of something to
> try? Thanks.
> 
> -- put libURLVersion() returns "1.0.8r4"
> global myServerIP,myServerUser,myServerPass,myServerPath,theFileName
> put fld 1 into myServerIP
> put fld 2 into myServerUser
> put fld etc.
> 
> -- This one does NOT work
> put "ftp://"&myServerUser&":"&myServerPass&"@"
> &myServerIP&myServerPath&theFileName into tUrl
> 
> -- This one works
> put "ftp://"&myServerUser&":"&myServerPass&"@"&"172.000.000.000"
> &myServerPath&theFileName into tUrl

It may be that the value of the var myServerIP is not correct.  You can
double-check that with "put myServerIP" in a new line before the line that
breaks.

I use vars for all FTP params in WebMerge, so I know its possible.
 
-- 
 Richard Gaskin 
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