Re: Searching for the end
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 21494
interpreted = N
texte = Any search, whether it's displaying 1 match, 25, or all matches, has to search the entire database, so there's really no performance loss in doing max=25.If all you want to do is find the highest SKU value, you can do a search something like this: [Search db=my.db&neSKUdatarq=[blank]&deSKUsort=1&max=1][FoundItems][SKU][/FoundItems][/S earch]In my experience, it tends to be fairly quick.If you're going to use the value in a number of places and don't want to do the search several times, just store the value in a [math] or [text] variable.-Dave At 2:38 PM 12/3/98, Martin Gertz Bech wrote: >Well, aint it a problem that it will still find al the records but only >display the last 25? > >What i mean is, aint it much slower, instead of lik having a context thet >could give me a value of the last record? > >Maybe it would be an idea for pacific coast to implement a [gethigestvalue] >into a furture version of webcat > >I think we all could use a tag like that, in MANY creative solutions > >/Martin >o--------------- Dave MacLeay --+ o----------- Digital Frontier --+ o--------------- 802.253.8612 --+ o--- dave@digitalfrontier.com --+
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Any search, whether it's displaying 1 match, 25, or all matches, has to search the entire database, so there's really no performance loss in doing max=25.If all you want to do is find the highest SKU value, you can do a search something like this: [Search db=my.db&neSKUdatarq=[blank]&deSKUsort=1&max=1]
[founditems][SKU][/FoundItems][/S earch]In my experience, it tends to be fairly quick.If you're going to use the value in a number of places and don't want to do the search several times, just store the value in a
[math] or
[text] variable.-Dave At 2:38 PM 12/3/98, Martin Gertz Bech wrote: >Well, aint it a problem that it will still find al the records but only >display the last 25? > >What i mean is, aint it much slower, instead of lik having a context thet >could give me a value of the last record? > >Maybe it would be an idea for pacific coast to implement a [gethigestvalue] >into a furture version of webcat > >I think we all could use a tag like that, in MANY creative solutions > >/Martin >o--------------- Dave MacLeay --+ o----------- Digital Frontier --+ o--------------- 802.253.8612 --+ o--- dave@digitalfrontier.com --+
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