Date:         Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:59:57 -0400
Reply-To:     Don Henderson <donaldjhenderson@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Don Henderson <donaldjhenderson@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: &Region in macro does not resolve correctly...
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From a birdie @ SAS:

     The problem is caused by a bug in some
     versions of IE (think NN is OK). What
     is happening is that he has an IntrNet
     application with a form field named REGION.
     When the form is submitted, take a look at
     the URL (assuming this is GET) and you will
     see something like "(r)ION=some-value" in
     URL.

     The workaround is to change the name of the
     form field to something that does not begin
     with the string "REG".

An alternative might be to see if this is only happening for older browsers
and suggest that the users upgrade to a newer version (if that is an
option).

HTH,
-don h

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rey" <j-santos@TAMU.EDU>
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To: <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: &Region in macro does not resolve correctly...


> Hi:
> I am really not surprise to see that AFTER hitting the send button
> the "&Reg" part of the "Region" in my message was already interpreted by
> the browser as the "Registered" symbol.  That's how it appeared in my
> output.  Just pretend you are reading the "and" symbol plus the "Region"
> word.
>
> Thanks.
> Rey
>