Re: Summary layout
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = > >I've tried a summary sort on manufacturer and a nested search, repeating the > >search args from the original search form. > > > >This is slow because the search has to be repeated for every match. > > > >Is there a better way of sorting results underneath each summarized catagory? > > 2.1b2 is very slow with this kind of thing. Is 2.0.1 acceptable?It's quite a bit better speed-wise. > We're considering future methods of caching search results, too, to speed interior searches like this.It just needs a function to cache the prevoius x records. Then you could immediately check the contents of a prevoius record ([index]-x). If I want to do a layout like:Brand: Ford Blue Truck Red Car Orange VanBrand: Chevy Grey Van Tan Car White PickupI should just be able to hide the brand if it didn't change from the last record.It's simple to do: brand description ford blue truck ford red car ford orange van chevy grey van chevy tan car chevy white pickupIt's easy to replace the brand name with a logo. But one of the most common requests I get is to eliminate redundant display of manufacturer or brand, and that's where I get tangled up with nested searches.I'm currently trying this approach:[founditems][showif [index]=1] [brand] [/showif][showif [index]>1] [showif [index]\2] [showif [brand]![math]lastbrand[/math]] [brand] [/showif] [/showif] [hideif [index]\2] [showif [brand]![math]lastbrand[/math]] [brand] [/showif] [/hideif] [/showif][description][/founditems] I haven't debugged this so I don't know if it toggles properly, but I'm just trying to use a form variable (lastbrand) to cache the [brand] of the prevoius record. Needless to say, I'm going buggy with this approach. A hostage crisis may be at hand.Regards, Pat
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> >I've tried a summary sort on manufacturer and a nested search, repeating the > >search args from the original search form. > > > >This is slow because the search has to be repeated for every match. > > > >Is there a better way of sorting results underneath each summarized catagory? > > 2.1b2 is very slow with this kind of thing. Is 2.0.1 acceptable?It's quite a bit better speed-wise. > We're considering future methods of caching search results, too, to speed interior searches like this.It just needs a function to cache the prevoius x records. Then you could immediately check the contents of a prevoius record ([index]-x). If I want to do a layout like:Brand: Ford Blue Truck Red Car Orange VanBrand: Chevy Grey Van Tan Car White PickupI should just be able to hide the brand if it didn't change from the last record.It's simple to do: brand description ford blue truck ford red car ford orange van chevy grey van chevy tan car chevy white pickupIt's easy to replace the brand name with a logo. But one of the most common requests I get is to eliminate redundant display of manufacturer or brand, and that's where I get tangled up with nested searches.I'm currently trying this approach:
[founditems][showif [index]=1] [brand] [math]lastbrand=[brand][/math]> [/showif][showif [index]>1] [showif [index]\2] [showif [brand]!
[math]lastbrand[/math]] [brand] [math]lastbrand=[brand][/math]> [/showif] [/showif] [hideif [index]\2] [showif [brand]!
[math]lastbrand[/math]] [brand] [math]lastbrand=[brand][/math]> [/showif] [/hideif] [/showif][description][/founditems] I haven't debugged this so I don't know if it toggles properly, but I'm just trying to use a form variable (lastbrand) to cache the [brand] of the prevoius record. Needless to say, I'm going buggy with this approach. A hostage crisis may be at hand.Regards, Pat
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