Re: search question

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I thought [interpret] should do the trick, can't think of anything else but a suggestion, why don't you do the search twice, in the first search you will find out the sign=scorpio or whatever that might be, then assign it to a new variable (not really necessary) theSign=[sign] and use this result and the date to search and display the value of scorpio? Will this work for you?= Anup Setty----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Therio To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 10:52 AM Subject: Re: search question > I do a search in a database. > > I find the record I want. > > Now I need to display only 1 particular field from that record. > > I determine which field of that record I want to display based > on other criteria (namely date). > > So I determine which field I want to display, and store the name > of the field into a variable (how else would I do it?). > > Now within the founditems loop (which has found the proper > record), I need to display only 1 specific field. > > The name of the field I need to display is stored in a variable. > > The problem is how do I get WC to dispaly the field from the > database that matches the value within this variable ? > > Dale > > On Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:57:14 > Vincent Medina wrote: > > If I understand you correctly you want to display the name of > > the field and > > not its value? If so look at: > > > > [listdatabases] [listfields] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: WebCatalog Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On > > Behalf Of Dale Therio > > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 10:33 AM > > To: WebCatalog Talk > > Subject: Re: search question > > > > > > That isn't the problem. > > > > I need to determine which field to display from the database. > > > > So I determine the field that I need to display using > > showifs, > > but can't get the field to display within the [founditems] > > loop. > > > > the variable name is [sign] the VALUE of the variable is the > > name of the field in the database I want to display. > > > > I need to calculate the proper field to display based on > > todays > > date. > > > > e.g. today is November 1st, so the sign is scorpio, the field > > in > > the database I wish to display is called scorpio. The name of > > the variable I am storing the name of the field I need is > > called > > [sign]. Adding a _ won't do anything. > > > > On Thu, 01 Nov 2001 10:23:28 > > John Peacock wrote: > > > Dale Therio wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I can't figure this search out. > > > > > > > > I am using a series of showifs to determine a particular > > > value. > > > > this works fine. Following this, I do a search based on 2 > > > > criteria (the first value is not one of them). > > > > > > > > > > [snipped] > > > > > > > So, any idea on how to get a text value to be interpreted > > > as a > > > > field name? > > > > > > Don't use the same name for fields and formvariables. This > > > would immediately > > > solve your problem and is good policy going forward. One > > way > > > people have > > > suggested in the past is to prefix an underscore on the > > form > > > variables. > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > John > > > > > > -- > > > John Peacock > > > Director of Information Research and Technology > > > Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group > > > 4720 Boston Way > > > Lanham, MD 20706 > > > 301-459-3366 x.5010 > > > fax 301-429-5747 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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:

    
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I thought [interpret] should do the trick, can't think of anything else but a suggestion, why don't you do the search twice, in the first search you will find out the sign=scorpio or whatever that might be, then assign it to a new variable (not really necessary) theSign=[sign] and use this result and the date to search and display the value of scorpio? Will this work for you?= Anup Setty----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Therio To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 10:52 AM Subject: Re: search question > I do a search in a database. > > I find the record I want. > > Now I need to display only 1 particular field from that record. > > I determine which field of that record I want to display based > on other criteria (namely date). > > So I determine which field I want to display, and store the name > of the field into a variable (how else would I do it?). > > Now within the founditems loop (which has found the proper > record), I need to display only 1 specific field. > > The name of the field I need to display is stored in a variable. > > The problem is how do I get WC to dispaly the field from the > database that matches the value within this variable ? > > Dale > > On Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:57:14 > Vincent Medina wrote: > > If I understand you correctly you want to display the name of > > the field and > > not its value? If so look at: > > > > [listdatabases] [listfields] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: WebCatalog Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On > > Behalf Of Dale Therio > > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 10:33 AM > > To: WebCatalog Talk > > Subject: Re: search question > > > > > > That isn't the problem. > > > > I need to determine which field to display from the database. > > > > So I determine the field that I need to display using > > showifs, > > but can't get the field to display within the [founditems] > > loop. > > > > the variable name is [sign] the VALUE of the variable is the > > name of the field in the database I want to display. > > > > I need to calculate the proper field to display based on > > todays > > date. > > > > e.g. today is November 1st, so the sign is scorpio, the field > > in > > the database I wish to display is called scorpio. The name of > > the variable I am storing the name of the field I need is > > called > > [sign]. Adding a _ won't do anything. > > > > On Thu, 01 Nov 2001 10:23:28 > > John Peacock wrote: > > > Dale Therio wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I can't figure this search out. > > > > > > > > I am using a series of showifs to determine a particular > > > value. > > > > this works fine. Following this, I do a search based on 2 > > > > criteria (the first value is not one of them). > > > > > > > > > > [snipped] > > > > > > > So, any idea on how to get a text value to be interpreted > > > as a > > > > field name? > > > > > > Don't use the same name for fields and formvariables. This > > > would immediately > > > solve your problem and is good policy going forward. One > > way > > > people have > > > suggested in the past is to prefix an underscore on the > > form > > > variables. > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > John > > > > > > -- > > > John Peacock > > > Director of Information Research and Technology > > > Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group > > > 4720 Boston Way > > > Lanham, MD 20706 > > > 301-459-3366 x.5010 > > > fax 301-429-5747 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Anup Setty

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