Re: finding child records of child records of child records... with minimal code

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 32719
interpreted = N
texte = fantastic! (Crosses fingers that stack memory or whatever it is called does not become a problem as this db grows HUGE)-JohnJohn Peacock wrote:> Yes, that is a good job for recursion. You want to write an include > file that should include itself, with the parameter of the current ID. > This will generate the full tree of found records. > > In pseudo-code form (i.e. this is guaranteed to _not_ run): > > [Include file=includefile.inc&myID=[ID]] [!] look for top record [/!] > > and the include file would be: > > [Search db=file.db&parentID=[myID]] > [founditems] > [ReplaceFoundItems]flag=Y[/ReplaceFoundItems] (if you have 4.0) > [Include file=thisfile.inc&myID=[ID]] > [/founditems] > [/search] > > HTH > > John Peacock > > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: finding child records of child records of child records... with minimal code (John Butler 2000)
  2. Re: finding child records of child records of child records... with minimal code (John Peacock 2000)
  3. finding child records of child records of child records... with minimal code (John Butler 2000)
fantastic! (Crosses fingers that stack memory or whatever it is called does not become a problem as this db grows HUGE)-JohnJohn Peacock wrote:> Yes, that is a good job for recursion. You want to write an include > file that should include itself, with the parameter of the current ID. > This will generate the full tree of found records. > > In pseudo-code form (i.e. this is guaranteed to _not_ run): > > [Include file=includefile.inc&myID=[ID]] [!] look for top record [/!] > > and the include file would be: > > [Search db=file.db&parentID=[myID]] > [founditems] > [replacefounditems]flag=Y[/ReplaceFoundItems] (if you have 4.0) > [Include file=thisfile.inc&myID=[ID]] > [/founditems] > [/search] > > HTH > > John Peacock > > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ John Butler

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