Re: No other way of handling missing values?

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probably this still works:

<#if (((c.royaltyTerms.OffsetLimit.perProductYn)!"N")=="Y")>

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 8:16 PM, tim <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am checking on a flag that sometimes is missing/NULL and sometimes it
> exists in the model but is false.
>
> The only way to securely check on the flag I found is:
>
> <#if (c.royaltyTerms.OffsetLimit.perProductYn)??> (see if it is NULL)
> <#if (c.royaltyTerms.OffsetLimit.perProductYn=="Y")> (see if is true/set)
>
> Is there no better way? I appreciate the possibility of differentiating
> between NULL and existing, but it is only very rare cases in which such a
> check is required. In 90% of the cases you want a missing value be treated
> as an existing but not matching value... In the freemarker docs it says
> that
> Freemarker is picky about NULL values in its standard configuration. But I
> found no configuration to change this behavior. Is there any?
>
> Cheers,
> Tim

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>probably this still works:</div><div><br></div>&lt;#i=
f (((c.royaltyTerms.OffsetLimit.perProductYn)!&quot;N&quot;)=3D=3D&quot;Y&q=
uot;)&gt;<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On F=
ri, Feb 13, 2015 at 8:16 PM, tim <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:t.=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</s=
pan> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0p=
x 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-lef=
t-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">I am checking on a flag that sometimes is m=
issing/NULL and sometimes it<br>
exists in the model but is false.<br>
<br>
The only way to securely check on the flag I found is:<br>
<br>
&lt;#if (c.royaltyTerms.OffsetLimit.perProductYn)??&gt; (see if it is NULL)=
<br>
&lt;#if (c.royaltyTerms.OffsetLimit.perProductYn=3D=3D&quot;Y&quot;)&gt; (s=
ee if is true/set)<br>
<br>
Is there no better way? I appreciate the possibility of differentiating<br>
between NULL and existing, but it is only very rare cases in which such a<b=
r>
check is required. In 90% of the cases you want a missing value be treated<=
br>
as an existing but not matching value... In the freemarker docs it says tha=
t<br>
Freemarker is picky about NULL values in its standard configuration. But I<=
br>
found no configuration to change this behavior. Is there any?<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Tim</blockquote></div></div></div>

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