Re: Generating Searches on the fly?

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 24503
interpreted = N
texte = If I unserstand you question correctly, you want the visitor to choose the language they want to search on based on what languages are in the records in the database. If that's the gist of what you're looking for, I have a similar concept employed on a jobs database where the visitor can search the jobs database by job category. You need to use the SUMMARY feature of searching and populate a pop-up with that data. Here's the code from the search page: Choose a category
[search db=jobs.db&neCATEGORYdatarq=find_all&CATEGORYsumm=T&CATEGORYsort=1&categorysdir= as][/search]
Hope this helps, ___Joe___At 4:17 AM 11/17/99, Philip Edell wrote: >> Say I have a books.db with SUBJECT, AUTHOR, LANGUAGE, and TITLE >> fields. book.db stock is constantly changing. >> >> I want to write a 3 page/part search: subject, then language, then >> author. Each of these searches returning a list of available search >> strings, generated on the fly. >> >> My present search works fine but uses a page of hard-coded searches >> (e.g. subject variable is passed to a search page of hard coded >> language), these may all be valid when first written but will soon >> become obsolete as stock (and hence languages available) evolves. >> >> Whats the best approach to the problem? >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging >>Server. >> To end your Mail problems go to . >> >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> _________________________________________________ Joseph D'Andrea JoeDan@West21.com WEST21.com Internet services for the 21st Century http://www.west21.com/ _________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Generating Searches on the fly? (Philip Edell 1999)
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  3. Generating Searches on the fly? (Philip Edell 1999)
If I unserstand you question correctly, you want the visitor to choose the language they want to search on based on what languages are in the records in the database. If that's the gist of what you're looking for, I have a similar concept employed on a jobs database where the visitor can search the jobs database by job category. You need to use the SUMMARY feature of searching and populate a pop-up with that data. Here's the code from the search page: Choose a category
[search db=jobs.db&neCATEGORYdatarq=find_all&CATEGORYsumm=T&CATEGORYsort=1&categorysdir= as][/search]
Hope this helps, ___Joe___At 4:17 AM 11/17/99, Philip Edell wrote: >> Say I have a books.db with SUBJECT, AUTHOR, LANGUAGE, and TITLE >> fields. book.db stock is constantly changing. >> >> I want to write a 3 page/part search: subject, then language, then >> author. Each of these searches returning a list of available search >> strings, generated on the fly. >> >> My present search works fine but uses a page of hard-coded searches >> (e.g. subject variable is passed to a search page of hard coded >> language), these may all be valid when first written but will soon >> become obsolete as stock (and hence languages available) evolves. >> >> Whats the best approach to the problem? >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging >>Server. >> To end your Mail problems go to . >> >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> _________________________________________________ Joseph D'Andrea JoeDan@West21.com WEST21.com Internet services for the 21st Century http://www.west21.com/ _________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Joseph D'Andrea

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