Re: Generating Options for a Form.
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texte = >>A few questions on programming in WebDNA. >> >>How do I get one .tmpl file to list all the files in a separate database. >>There are no search strings to be matched. All the files in the database >>need to be listed. I am trying to use this to generate the options for a >>select form. > > >I think you mean, how do you retrieve all the *records* in a >database, right? That's easy, just do a search with a search >parameter something like this: neFieldNamedata=something. > >ne means not equal (it's in the documentation) >FieldName is the name of the field you're checking >data tells webcat this is a search parameter >something is a value that could not possibly be the exact value of >that field in any record in the database > >For example, nenamedata=0 would retrieve all the records in the >database except for the records whose name are equal to 0. Since >it's very unlikely that anyone's name is 0, this search will >retrieve all the records in the database ... :) > >Sincerely, Ken Grome >WebDNA Solutions >808-737-6499 > >http://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/ > >.Ken & Christer,Thanks all, this sent me in the right direction.Until later,David Wilfong dwilfong@world-wide-art.com World Wide Art - Purveyors of Fine Art on the Internet. Specializing in Limited Editions by Today's Top Artists. http://www.world-wide-art.com
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>>A few questions on programming in WebDNA. >> >>How do I get one .tmpl file to list all the files in a separate database. >>There are no search strings to be matched. All the files in the database >>need to be listed. I am trying to use this to generate the options for a >>select form. > > >I think you mean, how do you retrieve all the *records* in a >database, right? That's easy, just do a search with a search >parameter something like this: neFieldNamedata=something. > >ne means not equal (it's in the documentation) >FieldName is the name of the field you're checking >data tells webcat this is a search parameter >something is a value that could not possibly be the exact value of >that field in any record in the database > >For example, nenamedata=0 would retrieve all the records in the >database except for the records whose name are equal to 0. Since >it's very unlikely that anyone's name is 0, this search will >retrieve all the records in the database ... :) > >Sincerely, Ken Grome >WebDNA Solutions >808-737-6499 > >http://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/ > >.Ken & Christer,Thanks all, this sent me in the right direction.Until later,David Wilfong dwilfong@world-wide-art.com World Wide Art - Purveyors of Fine Art on the Internet. Specializing in Limited Editions by Today's Top Artists. http://www.world-wide-art.com
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