Re: search question
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39827
interpreted = N
texte = Hi,Thanks for the suggestion.I did try that. Unfortunately I get [scorpio] printed to the screen. I have to believe there is a way to determine the field you want displayed and then be able to display just that field within the record you have found.I forgot to mention before I am using WC 3.x on Mac OS.DaleOn Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:27:32 Anup Setty
wrote: > Have you tried [interpret] ? if not you may want to try that. > > [interpret][[sign]][/interpret] > > if sign=scorpio you would display the value of [scorpio] from > the database provided scorpio is a component of the same > record as sign > > HTH > > = Anup Setty > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Therio > To: WebCatalog Talk > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 9:50 AM > Subject: search question > > > > 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). > > > > I can get the record needed just fine based on my search. > > However, my problem is that the field from the record found > that > > I need to display is the value I determined using the > showifs. I > > can't seem to get the field to display, only the value > which > > equals the name of the field I want. > > > > I need WC to interpret the value to be the field name. > > > > [search > db=databases/zodiac.db&eqZodiacDateDatarq=[math]{[date]}[/math]&eqFreqDaterq > =1] > > [math show=f]found=[numfound][/math] > > [showif [found]=1] > > [founditems] > > [convertchars][sign][/convertchars] > > [/founditems] > > [/showif] > > [/search] > > > > I detemine the needed value for [sign] using the showifs > (to > > find out what todays's zodiac sign is). > > > > The database has fields for date, freq, and the horoscopes > for > > each sign for this day. > > > > So for today I determine that if you were born today your > sign > > is scorpio, I search the database to find today's set of > > horoscopes and find that record. I now need to display only > the > > field for scorpio. > > > > I can't do a lookup as I need to require 2 fields, the date > and > > freq as I have daily, weekly and monthly horoscopes in this > > database. > > > > So, any idea on how to get a text value to be interpreted > as a > > field name? > > > > Thanks > > > > Dale------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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Hi,Thanks for the suggestion.I did try that. Unfortunately I get [scorpio] printed to the screen. I have to believe there is a way to determine the field you want displayed and then be able to display just that field within the record you have found.I forgot to mention before I am using WC 3.x on Mac OS.DaleOn Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:27:32 Anup Setty wrote: > Have you tried [interpret] ? if not you may want to try that. > > [interpret][[sign]][/interpret] > > if sign=scorpio you would display the value of [scorpio] from > the database provided scorpio is a component of the same > record as sign > > HTH > > = Anup Setty > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Therio > To: WebCatalog Talk > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 9:50 AM > Subject: search question > > > > 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). > > > > I can get the record needed just fine based on my search. > > However, my problem is that the field from the record found > that > > I need to display is the value I determined using the > showifs. I > > can't seem to get the field to display, only the value > which > > equals the name of the field I want. > > > > I need WC to interpret the value to be the field name. > > > > [search > db=databases/zodiac.db&eqZodiacDateDatarq=[math]{[date]}[/math]&eqFreqDaterq > =1] > > [math show=f]found=[numfound][/math] > > [showif [found]=1] > > [founditems] > > [convertchars][sign][/convertchars] > > [/founditems] > > [/showif] > > [/search] > > > > I detemine the needed value for [sign] using the showifs > (to > > find out what todays's zodiac sign is). > > > > The database has fields for date, freq, and the horoscopes > for > > each sign for this day. > > > > So for today I determine that if you were born today your > sign > > is scorpio, I search the database to find today's set of > > horoscopes and find that record. I now need to display only > the > > field for scorpio. > > > > I can't do a lookup as I need to require 2 fields, the date > and > > freq as I have daily, weekly and monthly horoscopes in this > > database. > > > > So, any idea on how to get a text value to be interpreted > as a > > field name? > > > > Thanks > > > > Dale------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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