Re: Summary layout

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1997

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texte = > >I've tried a summary sort on manufacturer and a nested search, repeating the> >search args from the original search form.> >> >This is slow because the search has to be repeated for every match.> >> >Is there a better way of sorting results underneath each summarized catagory?> > 2.1b2 is very slow with this kind of thing. Is 2.0.1 acceptable?It's quite a bit better speed-wise. > We're considering future methods of caching search results, too, to speed interior searches like this.It just needs a function to cache the prevoius x records. Then you couldimmediately check the contents of a prevoius record ([index]-x). If I want todo a layout like:Brand: Ford Blue Truck Red Car Orange VanBrand: Chevy Grey Van Tan Car White PickupI should just be able to hide the brand if it didn't change from the last record.It's simple to do:brand descriptionford blue truckford red carford orange vanchevy grey vanchevy tan carchevy white pickupIt's easy to replace the brand name with a logo. But one of the most commonrequests I get is to eliminate redundant display of manufacturer or brand, andthat's where I get tangled up with nested searches.I'm currently trying this approach:[founditems][showif [index]=1] [brand] [/showif][showif [index]>1] [showif [index]\2] [showif [brand]![math]lastbrand[/math]] [brand] [/showif] [/showif] [hideif [index]\2] [showif [brand]![math]lastbrand[/math]] [brand] [/showif] [/hideif][/showif][description][/founditems]I haven't debugged this so I don't know if it toggles properly, but I'm justtrying to use a form variable (lastbrand) to cache the [brand] of the prevoiusrecord. Needless to say, I'm going buggy with this approach. A hostage crisismay be at hand.Regards, Pat Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Summary layout (Marty Schmid 1997)
Re: Summary layout (Pat McCormick 1997)
Re: Summary layout (Marty Schmid 1997)
Re: Summary layout (Pat McCormick 1997)
Re: Summary layout (Pat McCormick 1997)
Re: Summary layout (Grant Hulbert 1997)
Summary layout (Pat McCormick 1997)

> >I've tried a summary sort on manufacturer and a nested search, repeating the> >search args from the original search form.> >> >This is slow because the search has to be repeated for every match.> >> >Is there a better way of sorting results underneath each summarized catagory?> > 2.1b2 is very slow with this kind of thing. Is 2.0.1 acceptable?It's quite a bit better speed-wise. > We're considering future methods of caching search results, too, to speed interior searches like this.It just needs a function to cache the prevoius x records. Then you couldimmediately check the contents of a prevoius record ([index]-x). If I want todo a layout like:Brand: Ford Blue Truck Red Car Orange VanBrand: Chevy Grey Van Tan Car White PickupI should just be able to hide the brand if it didn't change from the last record.It's simple to do:brand descriptionford blue truckford red carford orange vanchevy grey vanchevy tan carchevy white pickupIt's easy to replace the brand name with a logo. But one of the most commonrequests I get is to eliminate redundant display of manufacturer or brand, andthat's where I get tangled up with nested searches.I'm currently trying this approach:[founditems][showif [index]=1] [brand] [math]lastbrand=[brand][/math]>[/showif][showif [index]>1] [showif [index]\2] [showif [brand]![math]lastbrand[/math]] [brand] [math]lastbrand=[brand][/math]> [/showif] [/showif] [hideif [index]\2] [showif [brand]![math]lastbrand[/math]] [brand] [math]lastbrand=[brand][/math]> [/showif] [/hideif][/showif][description][/founditems]I haven't debugged this so I don't know if it toggles properly, but I'm justtrying to use a form variable (lastbrand) to cache the [brand] of the prevoiusrecord. Needless to say, I'm going buggy with this approach. A hostage crisismay be at hand.Regards, Pat Pat McCormick

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