Re: [WebDNA] hideif within a search

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2009


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 103126
interpreted = N
texte = Rich Kwas wrote: > I have a search where 2 choices are made from dropdowns. > > Item 1 is a category. > Item 2 lists a website where reviews might be found for listings within that category. > > There currently are 8 choices as well as "All" for that second Item. > > Item 2 is written like this within the db: > +3+50+51+ > and so on depending on the site ID etc > > > To show results for "All" as the 2nd choice I've inserted a [hideif] within the search: > > [Search db=^/ihr/ihr.db&eqVisibleDatarq=T&eqPreferredDatarq=No&woSECTIONSdatarq=[cat]&SECTIONSword=ww&namewbrk=+&SKUsort=1&SKUsdir=ra&allhit=1[hideif [reviewsites]=All]&woReviewSitesdatarq=[ReviewSites]&ReviewSitesword=ww&ReviewSiteswbrk=+[/hideif]] > > > This seems to be working fine, but I've never placed a hideif within a search in the past > > > My question..... > Is placing a [hideif] within a search acceptable? > > ...if not is there as easier way to find "All" if indicated in that second Item? > > > I'm using 6.0 on IIS....... > > > Thanks Hi Rich, sure, hideif's and any other code are just fine in there... however, you may benefit from the convention of setting a tSearchCriteria variable as follows: [switch value=[tReviewSites]] [case value=ALL] [text]tSearchCriteria=blah blah blah[/text] [/case] [default] [text]tSearchCriteria=Default blah blah[/text] [/default] [/switch] Then in the search: [search db=^/your/db.db&[tSearchCriteria]] lastly, depending on what possible values are in [cat] and [reviewsites].. you may want to consider wrapping them in [url][/url]'s in your search criteria. Donovan Donovan Brooke WebDNA Software Corporation http://www.webdna.us **[Square Bracket Utopia]** Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] hideif within a search (Terry Wilson 2009)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] hideif within a search (Donovan Brooke 2009)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] hideif within a search (Donovan Brooke 2009)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] hideif within a search ("Terry Wilson" 2009)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] hideif within a search (Donovan Brooke 2009)
  6. [WebDNA] hideif within a search (Rich Kwas 2009)
Rich Kwas wrote: > I have a search where 2 choices are made from dropdowns. > > Item 1 is a category. > Item 2 lists a website where reviews might be found for listings within that category. > > There currently are 8 choices as well as "All" for that second Item. > > Item 2 is written like this within the db: > +3+50+51+ > and so on depending on the site ID etc > > > To show results for "All" as the 2nd choice I've inserted a [hideif] within the search: > > [Search db=^/ihr/ihr.db&eqVisibleDatarq=T&eqPreferredDatarq=No&woSECTIONSdatarq=[cat]&SECTIONSword=ww&namewbrk=+&SKUsort=1&SKUsdir=ra&allhit=1[hideif [reviewsites]=All]&woReviewSitesdatarq=[ReviewSites]&ReviewSitesword=ww&ReviewSiteswbrk=+[/hideif]] > > > This seems to be working fine, but I've never placed a hideif within a search in the past > > > My question..... > Is placing a [hideif] within a search acceptable? > > ...if not is there as easier way to find "All" if indicated in that second Item? > > > I'm using 6.0 on IIS....... > > > Thanks Hi Rich, sure, hideif's and any other code are just fine in there... however, you may benefit from the convention of setting a tSearchCriteria variable as follows: [switch value=[tReviewSites]] [case value=ALL] [text]tSearchCriteria=blah blah blah[/text] [/case] [default] [text]tSearchCriteria=Default blah blah[/text] [/default] [/switch] Then in the search: [search db=^/your/db.db&[tSearchCriteria]] lastly, depending on what possible values are in [cat] and [reviewsites].. you may want to consider wrapping them in [url][/url]'s in your search criteria. Donovan Donovan Brooke WebDNA Software Corporation http://www.webdna.us **[Square Bracket Utopia]** Donovan Brooke

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