Re: Trying to loop for letters
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 23696
interpreted = N
texte = >I'm wondering what the best method would be to generate a heading at the top>of a results page that gives a listing of the letters in the alphabet as>anchored links (like the results page for http://maps.nemonline.org/). It's>a no brainer to just put a hard coded list there but how would I go about>only listing the letters that have results in the search, and then break up>the listing into the alphabetical sections. Is this the kind of thing that>would require 26 showifs at the top of the page setting variables and then>26 more showifs in the listing or is there a more elegant way?It's pretty tough to know exactly which letters were found in a search,because you'd have to visit each [founditem] in order to test it. But it'sdo-able if you don't mind a little extra work. The idea is to create asmall database of 26 letters where each record indicates how many werefound of that letter. Then zip thru the [founditems] and do areplace/increment for each matching letter.-- letters.db --Letter HowManyA 15B 3C 0.....Z 2So of course you'd first need to clear out any old entries in the database with[Replace db=letters.db&neLetterdata=[blank]]HowMany=0[/Replace]Then you'd loop thru the [Founditems] and check the first letter of theresult field and increment by 1 (any unusual carriage returns here areartifacts of this email,and should not be copied verbatim)[FoundItems] [text]theLetter=[GetChars start=1&end=1][YOURFIELD][/GetChars][/text] [Replacedb=letters.db&eqLetterdata=[theLetter]]HowMany=[Math][Lookupdb=letters.db&lookInField=Letter&value=[theLetter]]+1[/Math][/Replace][/FoundItems]Now you've got a letters.db database you can use to display your hyperlinklist with, and the added benefit of knowing exactly how *many* are in eachsection as well!Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant,11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster,San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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>I'm wondering what the best method would be to generate a heading at the top>of a results page that gives a listing of the letters in the alphabet as>anchored links (like the results page for http://maps.nemonline.org/). It's>a no brainer to just put a hard coded list there but how would I go about>only listing the letters that have results in the search, and then break up>the listing into the alphabetical sections. Is this the kind of thing that>would require 26 showifs at the top of the page setting variables and then>26 more showifs in the listing or is there a more elegant way?It's pretty tough to know exactly which letters were found in a search,because you'd have to visit each [founditem] in order to test it. But it'sdo-able if you don't mind a little extra work. The idea is to create asmall database of 26 letters where each record indicates how many werefound of that letter. Then zip thru the
[founditems] and do areplace/increment for each matching letter.-- letters.db --Letter HowManyA 15B 3C 0.....Z 2So of course you'd first need to clear out any old entries in the database with[Replace db=letters.db&neLetterdata=[blank]]HowMany=0[/Replace]Then you'd loop thru the
[founditems] and check the first letter of theresult field and increment by 1 (any unusual carriage returns here areartifacts of this email,and should not be copied verbatim)
[founditems] [text]theLetter=[GetChars start=1&end=1][YOURFIELD][/GetChars][/text] [Replacedb=letters.db&eqLetterdata=[theLetter]]HowMany=
[math][Lookupdb=letters.db&lookInField=Letter&value=[theLetter]]+1[/Math][/Replace][/FoundItems]Now you've got a letters.db database you can use to display your hyperlinklist with, and the added benefit of knowing exactly how *many* are in eachsection as well!Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant,11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster,San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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