Difference between revisions of "DPL:FAQ"
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== I try to generate a table output with DPL but it looks weird - to hell with the syntax! == | == I try to generate a table output with DPL but it looks weird - to hell with the syntax! == | ||
| − | Indeed, complex queries can be somewhat tricky. But this is not only a problem of DPL. MediaWiki is quite sensitive to blanks and linefeeds and half of your | + | Indeed, complex queries can be somewhat tricky. But this is not only a problem of DPL. MediaWiki is quite sensitive to blanks and linefeeds and half of your problems will probably come from there. |
There is a simpe trick how you can '''DEBUG your DPL script:''' | There is a simpe trick how you can '''DEBUG your DPL script:''' | ||
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resultsheader=<pre><nowiki> | resultsheader=<pre><nowiki> | ||
resultsfooter=</nowiki></pre> | resultsfooter=</nowiki></pre> | ||
| − | titlematch= | + | titlematch=Nig% |
| − | format=,\n | + | include=%1[300] |
| + | format={|class=wikitable\n!article\n!beginning\n|-,\n[[%PAGE%|%TITLE%\n,\n,\n|} | ||
</dpl> | </dpl> | ||
</nowiki></pre> | </nowiki></pre> | ||
| − | With | + | If we execute the above query the result is deeply unsatisfactory: |
| + | |||
| + | <dpl> | ||
| + | resultsheader=<pre><nowiki> | ||
| + | resultsfooter=</nowiki></pre> | ||
| + | titlematch=Nig% | ||
| + | include=%1[300] | ||
| + | format={|class=wikitable\n!article\n!beginning\n|-,\n[[%PAGE%|%TITLE%\n,\n,\n|} | ||
| + | </dpl> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | |||
| + | With out little trick we see the output of DPL which will normally be rendered by the wiki parser: | ||
<dpl> | <dpl> | ||
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---- | ---- | ||
| − | + | And now we see: After the |- the next table row does not tsrta with a '|'; there is no "end of row" after each article. Now it is easy to correct the DPL query | |
| + | <pre><nowiki> | ||
<dpl> | <dpl> | ||
titlematch=Nig% | titlematch=Nig% | ||
include=%1[300] | include=%1[300] | ||
| − | format={|class=wikitable\n!article\n!beginning\n|-,\n[[%PAGE%|%TITLE%]]\n,\n|-,\n|} | + | format={|class=wikitable\n!article\n!beginning\n|-,\n|\n[[%PAGE%|%TITLE%]]\n,\n|-,\n|} |
| + | secseparators=\n|\n, | ||
</dpl> | </dpl> | ||
| − | + | </nowiki></pre> | |
| − | + | .. and we get the desired result: | |
| + | |||
<dpl> | <dpl> | ||
titlematch=Nig% | titlematch=Nig% | ||
Revision as of 14:11, 27 July 2007
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My article name contains underscores, but in the DPL result they don´t appear.
Normally, DPL replaces all undercores in article names by spaces when showing the result. You can replace underscores by their symbolic html name via the 'replaceintitle' statement. So DPL will no longer recognize the underscores and later the html engine will translate the symbolic name to underscores.
This wiki contains an Article_with_underscore. Normally DPL would show it as . But with {{#dpl:titlematch=%underscore|replaceintitle=/ /,_}} you will getI try to generate a table output with DPL but it looks weird - to hell with the syntax!
Indeed, complex queries can be somewhat tricky. But this is not only a problem of DPL. MediaWiki is quite sensitive to blanks and linefeeds and half of your problems will probably come from there.
There is a simpe trick how you can DEBUG your DPL script:
Use a resultsheader and a resultsfooter to enclose all DPL output in pre/nowiki tags like this:
<dpl>
resultsheader=<pre><nowiki>
resultsfooter=</nowiki></pre>
titlematch=Nig%
include=%1[300]
format={|class=wikitable\n!article\n!beginning\n|-,\n[[%PAGE%|%TITLE%\n,\n,\n|}
</dpl>
If we execute the above query the result is deeply unsatisfactory:
<pre><nowiki>{|class=wikitable !article !beginning |- [[Nig1|Nig1
[[Nig2|Nig2
[[Nig3|Nig3
[[Nig4|Nig4
[[Nigunda Test|Nigunda Test
Nigunda Test History - Chapter Sequence in the article doesn´t matter for DPL ..
[[Nigunda|Nigunda
some facts about religious groups in Nigunda; some other facts about religious groups in Nigunda;[[Nigeria|Nigeria
More than 2,000 years ago. the Nok ..→
|}</nowiki></pre>
With out little trick we see the output of DPL which will normally be rendered by the wiki parser:
{{Extension DPL}}{|class=wikitable
!article
!beginning
|-
[[Nig1|Nig1
[[Nig2|Nig2
[[Nig3|Nig3
[[Nig4|Nig4
[[Nigunda Test|Nigunda Test
Nigunda Test History - Chapter Sequence in the article doesn´t matter for DPL ..
[[Nigunda|Nigunda
some facts about religious groups in Nigunda; some other facts about religious groups in Nigunda;
[[Category:Tag_Event2]]
[[Nigeria|Nigeria
:<div class="noprint">''Main article: [[History of Nigeria|History of Nigeria]]''</div>
:<span class="boilerplate seealso">''See also: [[:Nigerian military juntas of 1966-1979 and 1983-1998|Nigerian military juntas of 1966-1979 and 1983-1998]]''</span>
More than 2,000 years ago. the [[Nok]] [[Nigeria#History|..→]]
|}
And now we see: After the |- the next table row does not tsrta with a '|'; there is no "end of row" after each article. Now it is easy to correct the DPL query
<dpl>
titlematch=Nig%
include=%1[300]
format={|class=wikitable\n!article\n!beginning\n|-,\n|\n[[%PAGE%|%TITLE%]]\n,\n|-,\n|}
secseparators=\n|\n,
</dpl>
.. and we get the desired result:
| article | beginning |
|---|---|
|
Nigunda Test History - Chapter Sequence in the article doesn´t matter for DPL .. | |
|
some facts about religious groups in Nigunda; some other facts about religious groups in Nigunda; | |
