Re: search question

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texte = 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 ?DaleOn 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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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 ?DaleOn 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/ Dale Therio

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