Re: The [shownext] limitations

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 45774
interpreted = N
texte = Beyond the ability to send this long of a URL (which you can't, as others have pointed out), there are problems with your original search that are compounding your difficulties. Namely, you cannot directly search the same field via multiple DATA parameters. And even if you could, you would get no found items because every one of your woDepartmentdatarq requires a match, and clearly they can't all match.Instead of multiple woDepartmentdatarq parameters, they should all be merged into one parameter with multiple values, like this:&woDepartmentdatarq=DE10+DE20+DE30+DE40+....+DE200In addition to searching properly, this would shorten the generated URL considerably.- brianAt 1:36 PM 11/27/2002, Claude Gelinas wrote: >Hello Everyone, > >I need to know if the following WebDNA URL is too long to be >interpreted correctly: > >http://www.mydomain.com/ >Employers.max?command=search&command=search&db=Candidates.db&CandidateID >sort=1&CandidateIDsdir=de&S=1&SA=EmployersCS1&L=En&EmployerID=329-WED- >173942&SearchType=Keywords&group1field=CandidateID%2BFirstNameM%2BLastna >meM%2BAliasNameM%2BEmailM%2BAliasEmailM%2BAddressM%2BPhoneM%2BSloganEn%2 >BWorkExperienceEn%2BEducationEn%2BProfessionalSkillsEn%2BTechnicalSkills >KeywordsEn%2BGeoCoverageKeywordsM&wagroup1datarq=&waOccupationalKeywords >Mdatarq=&waGeoCoverageKeywordsMdatarq=&eqLandatarq=En&x=11&y=5&woDepartm >entdatarq=DE10&woDepartmentdatarq=DE20&woDepartmentdatarq=DE30&woDepartm >entdatarq=DE40&woDepartmentdatarq=DE50&woDepartmentdatarq=DE60&woDepartm >entdatarq=DE70&woDepartmentdatarq=DE80&woDepartmentdatarq=DE90&woDepartm >entdatarq=DE100&woDepartmentdatarq=DE110&woDepartmentdatarq=DE120&woDepa >rtmentdatarq=DE130&woDepartmentdatarq=DE140&woDepartmentdatarq=DE150&woD >epartmentdatarq=DE210&woDepartmentdatarq=DE160&woDepartmentdatarq=DE170& >woDepartmentdatarq=DE180&woDepartmentdatarq=DE190&woDepartmentdatarq=DE2 >00&max=25&startAt=26 > >It's exactly 1,051 characters long and is created after a [shownext] >command in which I ask to go to the following URL: >Employers.max?command=search&[searchString] > >Assuming there were 25 results on the first page, would anyone of >you know why I'm not getting a list from 26 to 50 but rather a >total of 0 (zero) found items... I don't get it and I need your >help to understand this one... > >Claude-- <= Brian C. Fries, BrainScan Software http://www.brainscansoftware.com =>------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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  16. The [shownext] limitations (Claude Gelinas 2002)
Beyond the ability to send this long of a URL (which you can't, as others have pointed out), there are problems with your original search that are compounding your difficulties. Namely, you cannot directly search the same field via multiple DATA parameters. And even if you could, you would get no found items because every one of your woDepartmentdatarq requires a match, and clearly they can't all match.Instead of multiple woDepartmentdatarq parameters, they should all be merged into one parameter with multiple values, like this:&woDepartmentdatarq=DE10+DE20+DE30+DE40+....+DE200In addition to searching properly, this would shorten the generated URL considerably.- brianAt 1:36 PM 11/27/2002, Claude Gelinas wrote: >Hello Everyone, > >I need to know if the following WebDNA URL is too long to be >interpreted correctly: > >http://www.mydomain.com/ >Employers.max?command=search&command=search&db=Candidates.db&CandidateID >sort=1&CandidateIDsdir=de&S=1&SA=EmployersCS1&L=En&EmployerID=329-WED- >173942&SearchType=Keywords&group1field=CandidateID%2BFirstNameM%2BLastna >meM%2BAliasNameM%2BEmailM%2BAliasEmailM%2BAddressM%2BPhoneM%2BSloganEn%2 >BWorkExperienceEn%2BEducationEn%2BProfessionalSkillsEn%2BTechnicalSkills >KeywordsEn%2BGeoCoverageKeywordsM&wagroup1datarq=&waOccupationalKeywords >Mdatarq=&waGeoCoverageKeywordsMdatarq=&eqLandatarq=En&x=11&y=5&woDepartm >entdatarq=DE10&woDepartmentdatarq=DE20&woDepartmentdatarq=DE30&woDepartm >entdatarq=DE40&woDepartmentdatarq=DE50&woDepartmentdatarq=DE60&woDepartm >entdatarq=DE70&woDepartmentdatarq=DE80&woDepartmentdatarq=DE90&woDepartm >entdatarq=DE100&woDepartmentdatarq=DE110&woDepartmentdatarq=DE120&woDepa >rtmentdatarq=DE130&woDepartmentdatarq=DE140&woDepartmentdatarq=DE150&woD >epartmentdatarq=DE210&woDepartmentdatarq=DE160&woDepartmentdatarq=DE170& >woDepartmentdatarq=DE180&woDepartmentdatarq=DE190&woDepartmentdatarq=DE2 >00&max=25&startAt=26 > >It's exactly 1,051 characters long and is created after a [shownext] >command in which I ask to go to the following URL: >Employers.max?command=search&[searchString] > >Assuming there were 25 results on the first page, would anyone of >you know why I'm not getting a list from 26 to 50 but rather a >total of 0 (zero) found items... I don't get it and I need your >help to understand this one... > >Claude-- <= Brian C. Fries, BrainScan Software http://www.brainscansoftware.com =>------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Brian Fries

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