Re: Multiple Replaces

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1997

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 15806
interpreted = N
texte = >One of the cool things about our [replace] and [delete] contexts/tags is>that they can act on one or multiple records at one time.>>Something like the following:>>[replace db=blah.db&eqmanufacturerdatarq=PCS]onSale=T[/replace]>Does this replace the contents of the desired field for only the found>records or for that field for all the records in the database?Only the found records.>What I had hoped to be able to do is something like this.>>Find all the CDs for which Ella Fitzgerlad is the Artist. i.e. Artist is>the search field and Ella Fitzgerald is the search criteria.>>If the search found 12 records, but I only wanted to put two of them on>sale, I want to change the onSale field to T in the two records>displayed in the 12 found records. I then want to hit the submit button>and replace the onSale value in those two records with T so when I>execute a search for on sale items they will be found.>>Hope that makes it clearer.Yes it does. All you're really saying here is that you *cannot*create a search that identifies only those records you want tochange. That means you are going to have to MANUALLY select whichrecords to change.Therefore, you need to create a replace template that you can use tochange each record individually.In other words, it's a manual process, not an automatic one. The onlyway you can automate this is if you can figure out a way to retrieveEXACTLY the records you want to place on sale, instead of retrievinga whole bunch of records and then manually selecting two or threefrom the resulting list.If you can figure out a way to retrieve *only* the two records youwant to put on sale, instead of the 12 you're currently retrieving,then an automatic solution is possible. Otherwise, you have to changeeach record manually.Sincerely,Ken Gromeken@iav.com808-737-6499WebDNA Solutionshttp://webdna.net/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Multiple Replaces (Kenneth Grome 1997)
Re: Multiple Replaces (Jerry Nielsen 1997)
Re: Multiple Replaces? (John Hill 1997)
Multiple Replaces? (Jerry Nielsen 1997)

>One of the cool things about our [replace] and [delete] contexts/tags is>that they can act on one or multiple records at one time.>>Something like the following:>>[replace db=blah.db&eqmanufacturerdatarq=PCS]onSale=T[/replace]>Does this replace the contents of the desired field for only the found>records or for that field for all the records in the database?Only the found records.>What I had hoped to be able to do is something like this.>>Find all the CDs for which Ella Fitzgerlad is the Artist. i.e. Artist is>the search field and Ella Fitzgerald is the search criteria.>>If the search found 12 records, but I only wanted to put two of them on>sale, I want to change the onSale field to T in the two records>displayed in the 12 found records. I then want to hit the submit button>and replace the onSale value in those two records with T so when I>execute a search for on sale items they will be found.>>Hope that makes it clearer.Yes it does. All you're really saying here is that you *cannot*create a search that identifies only those records you want tochange. That means you are going to have to MANUALLY select whichrecords to change.Therefore, you need to create a replace template that you can use tochange each record individually.In other words, it's a manual process, not an automatic one. The onlyway you can automate this is if you can figure out a way to retrieveEXACTLY the records you want to place on sale, instead of retrievinga whole bunch of records and then manually selecting two or threefrom the resulting list.If you can figure out a way to retrieve *only* the two records youwant to put on sale, instead of the 12 you're currently retrieving,then an automatic solution is possible. Otherwise, you have to changeeach record manually.Sincerely,Ken Gromeken@iav.com808-737-6499WebDNA Solutionshttp://webdna.net/ Kenneth Grome

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