Re: search for all

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 18744
interpreted = N
texte = >>That's because it was ignoring the popup in *all* your searches when the popup was set to . WebCat ignores popups, checkboxes and radio buttons that don't get selected ... > >Not necessarily. You can specify that is treated as a valid search argument by using the blnk=T option for searching. i.e. DESCRIPTIONblnk=T means that doing an eqDESCRIPTIONdatarq=& will find all the blank records.She doesn't want to find blank records, she wants to Find All in her search when that popup field is set to . If there are no records with blanks in that field, using blnk=T will find zero records instead of ALL records ...That's why I suggested putting immediately before the ending tag -- because this technique forces the value of popup to be passed as when the popup is set to (which does NOT pass the popup value).And that makes the search work properly, because there's at least one parameter in it. Without this technique, the popup parameter never gets passed, and in the case when there are no other values set in the form, the search fails.Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: search for all (John Hill 1998)
  2. Re: search for all (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  3. Re: search for all (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  4. Re: search for all (Sue Ann Sanders 1998)
  5. Re: search for all (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  6. Re: search for all (Sue Ann Sanders 1998)
  7. Re: search for all (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  8. search for all (Sue Ann Sanders 1998)
>>That's because it was ignoring the popup in *all* your searches when the popup was set to . WebCat ignores popups, checkboxes and radio buttons that don't get selected ... > >Not necessarily. You can specify that is treated as a valid search argument by using the blnk=T option for searching. i.e. DESCRIPTIONblnk=T means that doing an eqDESCRIPTIONdatarq=& will find all the blank records.She doesn't want to find blank records, she wants to Find All in her search when that popup field is set to . If there are no records with blanks in that field, using blnk=T will find zero records instead of ALL records ...That's why I suggested putting immediately before the ending tag -- because this technique forces the value of popup to be passed as when the popup is set to (which does NOT pass the popup value).And that makes the search work properly, because there's at least one parameter in it. Without this technique, the popup parameter never gets passed, and in the case when there are no other values set in the form, the search fails.Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Kenneth Grome

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