Re: Nesting searches.
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 20547
interpreted = N
texte = When you nest [search] contexts, the outermost search is performed first. However, it sounds like you really want to combine multiple crieteria into a single search? For example, to do something like you mentioned (French AND German match first, and then match another field), you could build a [search] like this (note that actual field names and search types are for display purposes only):[search db=db.db&eqFRENCHdatarq=1&eqGERMANdatarq=2&eqFIELDdatarq=test]JOhn.>Hi folks, >I am trying to build nested searches. I need to do an and/or search on a >number of fields and combine this result with another search. e.g. French >AND German match first and then match that with with another field. Does >wcat evaluate from the innermost nested search first? I am using a form to >collect the data and performing the search on the results page. Any hints >on how to approach this? >Thanks, > >Regards, >**************************************************************** >Micheal O Se >www.elive.ie Internet Hosting Service >micheal@elive.ie Database powered websites >**************************************************************** John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing Pacific Coast Software eCommerce / Web Developer Tools http://www.smithmicro.com
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When you nest
[search] contexts, the outermost search is performed first. However, it sounds like you really want to combine multiple crieteria into a single search? For example, to do something like you mentioned (French AND German match first, and then match another field), you could build a
[search] like this (note that actual field names and search types are for display purposes only):[search db=db.db&eqFRENCHdatarq=1&eqGERMANdatarq=2&eqFIELDdatarq=test]JOhn.>Hi folks, >I am trying to build nested searches. I need to do an and/or search on a >number of fields and combine this result with another search. e.g. French >AND German match first and then match that with with another field. Does >wcat evaluate from the innermost nested search first? I am using a form to >collect the data and performing the search on the results page. Any hints >on how to approach this? >Thanks, > >Regards, >**************************************************************** >Micheal O Se >www.elive.ie Internet Hosting Service >micheal@elive.ie Database powered websites >**************************************************************** John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing Pacific Coast Software eCommerce / Web Developer Tools http://www.smithmicro.com
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