Re: Multiple Search Fields

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 18703
interpreted = N
texte = Scratch that ...heh heh I guess we cant account for human errors like typos..... ;-) thanks for the help , it seems to work just fine At 09:38 AM 7/6/98, you wrote: >You need to add rq to the end of your search context for each field that >is required. > >>I'm trying to make a search where there are multiple fields that can be >>searched. >>I used the default search template that is made by webcat's database helper , >>but that's not doing what I want it to do. here's what I got >>I have a few fields >> Area : >> # of Rooms : >> price : >>I want to make it where a user can search the fields and get just what they >>are looking for. >>If one field is searched at a time it works fine , but when all search >>together that's where I >>have my problem, say my area was New Orleans , # of Rooms is 4 , and price >>is 122000, >>the search would find all items in the catalog with any of those matches , >>I've tried variations >>of the string match, and , or options but it still pulls up all. >> >>I want to make it where a user could search for New Orleans, 4 bedrooms , >>122000 and have >>it just get the items that are meant to be found >> >>Is this possible???? > Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Multiple Search Fields (talk 1998)
  2. Re: Multiple Search Fields (talk 1998)
  3. Re: Multiple Search Fields (Dave MacLeay 1998)
  4. Multiple Search Fields (talk 1998)
  5. Re: Multiple Search Fields (Marty Schmid 1998)
Scratch that ...heh heh I guess we cant account for human errors like typos..... ;-) thanks for the help , it seems to work just fine At 09:38 AM 7/6/98, you wrote: >You need to add rq to the end of your search context for each field that >is required. > >>I'm trying to make a search where there are multiple fields that can be >>searched. >>I used the default search template that is made by webcat's database helper , >>but that's not doing what I want it to do. here's what I got >>I have a few fields >> Area : >> # of Rooms : >> price : >>I want to make it where a user can search the fields and get just what they >>are looking for. >>If one field is searched at a time it works fine , but when all search >>together that's where I >>have my problem, say my area was New Orleans , # of Rooms is 4 , and price >>is 122000, >>the search would find all items in the catalog with any of those matches , >>I've tried variations >>of the string match, and , or options but it still pulls up all. >> >>I want to make it where a user could search for New Orleans, 4 bedrooms , >>122000 and have >>it just get the items that are meant to be found >> >>Is this possible???? > talk

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