On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 09:42:07AM +0000, Chris G wrote: > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:15:28PM -0600, Myron Turner wrote: > > >Yes, I could do this, implement the substitution as a modification of > > >the sql plugin. However I really want to be able to do similar > > >substitutions elsewhere as well so it would be much nicer if I could > > >implement the substitution as a separate plugin. > > > > > Write a separate syntax plugin that captures every case of your > > place-holders and give it a lower sort number than the sql plugin. > > The substitutions will be made before the sql gets its turn. > > > That's what I thought but my first try didn't work. Thinking back I now > realise why and I'll go and have another go at it. > OK, I think I have this working at last, however (as I was muttering elsewhere) the caching causes much confusion. See a separate thread as it hasn't anything directly to do with this one. Thanks for all the input on this issue, it has got me going towards what I want. -- Chris Green -- DokuWiki mailing list - more info at http://www.dokuwiki.org/mailinglist