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texte = I am evaluating WebCatalog for a database project which is basically a list of Websites. I am running into a lot of confusing problems in porting what I've already developed in Lasso to WebCatalog. I'm hoping someone here can tell me what I'm doing wrong....1) the search is done by the following code:[search db=database.db&woKeywordsdata=[FormVariables name=searchtext&exact=T][value][/formVariables]& woTitledata=[FormVariables name=searchtext&exact=T][value][/formVariables]& woDescriptiondata=[FormVariables name=searchtext&exact=T][value][/formVariables]& max=10&Titlesort=1&Titlesdir=ra]I want the results to be randomly sorted, but they always seem to come up in alphabetical order. 2) The results are displayed like this: [ShowIf [numFound] = 0]
No sites match your criteria.
[/ShowIf] [ShowIf [numFound] ! 0]
[numFound] sites found.
[shownext position=middle]
Sites [start] to [end]…
[/shownext]
[foundItems] - [title]
- [URL]
[Description]
[/foundItems]
[shownext position=begin] Previous [/shownext] [shownext position=end] Next [/shownext] [/ShowIf] [/search]The first ShowIf seems to be ignored - even if no records are found, it is not true. Also, the ShowNext code is eaten - nothing is displayed for these.3) I have a page that adds records to the database with this code:[append db=Galway1.db] Title=[FormVariables name=form.Title&exact=T][value][/FormVariables]& URL=[FormVariables name=form.URL&exact=T][value][/FormVariables]& Description=[FormVariables name=form.Description&exact=T][value][/FormVariables]& Keywords=[FormVariables name=form.Keywords&exact=T][value][/FormVariables] [/append]Although the variables are set and contain values when viewing the page, all that is added to the database is a blank record.4) I want to validate the data before I add it. If I use the RequiredField option, the error message is a plain, ugly page, quite out of keeping with the rest of the site. I tried verifying that fields contained data with things like [hideif [countchars]form.Title[/countchars] = 0] around the [append] command, but it seemed to be ignored. 5) the search facility doesn't find records that it should. For example, I have three keywords that mention the word 'radio', but the search facility only finds two of them.Any advice you all can offer would be great. Thanks in advance.Rónán------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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I am evaluating WebCatalog for a database project which is basically a list of Websites. I am running into a lot of confusing problems in porting what I've already developed in Lasso to WebCatalog. I'm hoping someone here can tell me what I'm doing wrong....1) the search is done by the following code:[search db=database.db&woKeywordsdata=[FormVariables name=searchtext&exact=T][value][/formVariables]& woTitledata=[FormVariables name=searchtext&exact=T][value][/formVariables]& woDescriptiondata=[FormVariables name=searchtext&exact=T][value][/formVariables]& max=10&Titlesort=1&Titlesdir=ra]I want the results to be randomly sorted, but they always seem to come up in alphabetical order. 2) The results are displayed like this: [ShowIf [numFound] = 0] No sites match your criteria.
[/ShowIf] [ShowIf [numFound] ! 0] [numFound] sites found.
[shownext position=middle] Sites [start] to [end]…
[/shownext] [founditems] - [title]
- [url]>[url]
[Description]
[/foundItems]
[shownext position=begin] Previous [/shownext] [shownext position=end] Next [/shownext] [/ShowIf] [/search]The first ShowIf seems to be ignored - even if no records are found, it is not true. Also, the ShowNext code is eaten - nothing is displayed for these.3) I have a page that adds records to the database with this code:[append db=Galway1.db] Title=[FormVariables name=form.Title&exact=T][value][/FormVariables]& URL=[FormVariables name=form.URL&exact=T][value][/FormVariables]& Description=[FormVariables name=form.Description&exact=T][value][/FormVariables]& Keywords=[FormVariables name=form.Keywords&exact=T][value][/FormVariables] [/append]Although the variables are set and contain values when viewing the page, all that is added to the database is a blank record.4) I want to validate the data before I add it. If I use the RequiredField option, the error message is a plain, ugly page, quite out of keeping with the rest of the site. I tried verifying that fields contained data with things like [hideif [countchars]form.Title[/countchars] = 0] around the [append] command, but it seemed to be ignored. 5) the search facility doesn't find records that it should. For example, I have three keywords that mention the word 'radio', but the search facility only finds two of them.Any advice you all can offer would be great. Thanks in advance.Rónán------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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