Error Messages SUCK

[ab042]

500 Internal Server Error
Script Error
Error:Script: /UserTable.a5w line:22
x_UserTable = a5w_run_Component(tmpl_UserTable)
Property not found 
tmpl.request.variables.v.r2 subelement not found.

After spending hours on the above error. I tracked it down to a problem in the "Can Insert Record event". The best I can figure is I duplicated code from the "Can Update record event" and used the same variable name "ExistU". Your note the variable "ExistU" in the above error message. HA! HA!

Of course as normal Alpha was very detailed with the above error message in leading me to the correct spot in the code with the problem. NOT A CLUE as to where or what the problem is!

It would appear the biggest thing lacking in Alpha is errors that give a developer a clue as to whats going on.
I've never used a program where the error messages sucked as bad as Alpha.

Forgive me if I appear a little pissed but I spend more time with the lack a debug tools and tracking impossible error messages then I do trying to learn to code with Alpha.

[ab042]

Update. Not 5 minutes minutes after I posted the above and it was working, I went back to cleanup some of the crap I changed on the component during the hours of debug and now it doesn't work again.

[Lenny Forziati]

I beg to differ, there is a great deal of information in this error message. Perhaps you do not know how to determine what it is saying:

500 Internal Server Error
Script Error
Error:Script: /UserTable.a5w line:22
x_UserTable = a5w_run_Component(tmpl_UserTable)
Property not found
tmpl.request.variables.v.r2 subelement not found.

500 Internal Server Error
This is the HTTP protocol's specification for a script error. It is included so that the Web Application Server can adhere to the HTTP/1.1 specification.

Script Error
Xbasic is saying that the error classification was a script error. This is a bit redundant given the preceeding line in the message, but it is included so that you do not need to be familiar with the HTTP protocol in order to detremine what type of error occured.

Error:Script: /UserTable.a5w line:22
The error was on line 22 of /UserTable.a5w.

x_UserTable = a5w_run_Component(tmpl_UserTable)
LIne 22 of /UserTable.a5w contains the Xbasic code shown above.

Property not found
The general error was that a property being referred to could not be found.

tmpl.request.variables.v.r2 subelement not found
Specifically, tmpl.request.variables.v.r2 is the property (subelement) that could not be found.

In plain English, the code in a5w_run_Component() refers to tmpl.request.variables.v.r2, but tmpl.request.variables.v.r2 does not exist.

So now that I've explained what the error message is saying, what do you do about it? Since a5w_run_Component() is not your code but rather a function built into Alpha, you'll need to report the problem to us in one of several ways:

• Contact tech support
• Send a bug report
• Post a message on the message board

In any of the cases above, we will need specific details to duplicate the problem. Along with step-by-step instructions, this typically means including your A5W page(s), your component(s) and any tables that the component(s) might depend on.