Re: Form and Context Searching -Hideif/Showif

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texte = Chas see below-chas wrote:> Thanks John...>> I want a single search.tpl to work 2 ways -- as a form search with user input or as a search list...>> Search 1:::>> I'm allowing searching with a group of fields in a form:>

> > > > > > Descriptions and by Title:>> also from this same search.tpl I'm creating a list of links:>> Search 2:::>> [search db=products.db&geSKUdata=0&majorTypesumm=t&asmajorTypesort=1]> [foundItems]> [majorType]
> [/foundItems]> [/search]>> both go to one results.tpl>> the showif below works fine for the search context half (courtesy of my pal, John Butler):-)>>> [showif [url][group1field][/url]=[url][raw][group1field][/raw][/url]]> [search context stuff]> [showif]> and> [hideif [url][group1field][/url]=[url][raw][group1field][/raw][/url]]> [founditems]> from form search> [/founditems]> [hideif]>> Question 1. Why does this work?? This hides the search context and tables fine. Is it that an input field will only = itself in a [raw] form when it is *nothing*[someVar] on a template displays the value of the variable 'someVar', IF that variable *has* a value (coming from a formvariable, webcat context value, etc). If itdoes not have a value then the literal text [someVar] will display. Webcat engineers made it that way in case you actually were not thinking of variables andreally did want to simply display [whatever]. [raw]...[/raw] wrapped around any webcat code will cause that webcat code NOT to get evaluated and instead to simplydisplay as literal text. Soooo now go see if you can see why your new [showif] and [hideif] work. Imagine what happens in that [showif] when [group1field] has avalue and when [group1field] does not. When it does you replace [group1field] with the literal value and then evaluate the rest. Remember that webcat evaluates fromthe inside out. Start with [group1field] and then evaluate the whole chunk by factoring in the effects of [url]...[/url]. Lastly figure out how the [showif] thendecides whether or not to show its contents. Look up any of those contexts which you have not totally memorized by now. Hint::: if [group1field] does NOT have avalue (and doesn't think it is a blank db field), then [url][group1field][/url]=%5Bgroup1field%5D. Study the docs on [url] until you can see why.[url][raw][group1field][/raw][/url]=%5Bgroup1field%5D. *Always*. Study the docs on [url] and [raw] until you can see why. Got it now? ;-)>>> Question 2. When I use the form search i have text on the results.tpl to this effect.>> The search for CDTitle+Type+Category found 4 items>> which was>> The search for [group1field] found [numfound] items.>> Is there a way to get the value of group1field to display?Notice this part of your form::: Descriptions and by Title:Group1Field=CDTitle+Type+Category(if your display [Group1Field], then it should be obvious that you will get CDTitle+Type+CategoryIf you want to display what the user input, then display [woGroup1data].>>> Many Thanks>> Charley Conquest> Fresh Music>> --- You wrote:> When the var value is *not* coming from a db->> [showif [url][someVar][/url]=[url][raw][someVar][/raw][/url]]> someVar has not been given a value> [/showif]>> It would work without the [url] wrappers so long as the input never included any comparison chars, which you generally cannot be sure of.>> ****>> When the var value *is* coming from a db->> [showif [url][someVar][/url]=]> the field someVar of this record of this db has a literal value of *nothing*> [/showif]>> It would work without the [url] wrappers so long as the field value never included any comparison chars, which you might not be sure of.>> -John>> chas wrote:>> > And.... how do you test for empty/not empty???> >> --- end of quote --->> -------------------------------------------------------------> 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://search.smithmicro.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://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Form and Context Searching -Hideif/Showif (John Butler 2000)
Form and Context Searching -Hideif/Showif (chas@valley.net (chas) 2000)

Chas see below-chas wrote:> Thanks John...>> I want a single search.tpl to work 2 ways -- as a form search with user input or as a search list...>> Search 1:::>> I'm allowing searching with a group of fields in a form:> > > > > > > Descriptions and by Title:>> also from this same search.tpl I'm creating a list of links:>> Search 2:::>> [search db=products.db&geSKUdata=0&majorTypesumm=t&asmajorTypesort=1]> [founditems]> [cart]&type=[url][majorType][/url]&startat=1>[majorType]
> [/foundItems]> [/search]>> both go to one results.tpl>> the showif below works fine for the search context half (courtesy of my pal, John Butler):-)>>> [showif [url][group1field][/url]=[url][raw][group1field][/raw][/url]]> [search context stuff]> [showif]> and> [hideif [url][group1field][/url]=[url][raw][group1field][/raw][/url]]> [founditems]> from form search> [/founditems]> [hideif]>> Question 1. Why does this work?? This hides the search context and tables fine. Is it that an input field will only = itself in a [raw] form when it is *nothing*[someVar] on a template displays the value of the variable 'someVar', IF that variable *has* a value (coming from a formvariable, webcat context value, etc). If itdoes not have a value then the literal text [someVar] will display. Webcat engineers made it that way in case you actually were not thinking of variables andreally did want to simply display [whatever]. [raw]...[/raw] wrapped around any webcat code will cause that webcat code NOT to get evaluated and instead to simplydisplay as literal text. Soooo now go see if you can see why your new [showif] and [hideif] work. Imagine what happens in that [showif] when [group1field] has avalue and when [group1field] does not. When it does you replace [group1field] with the literal value and then evaluate the rest. Remember that webcat evaluates fromthe inside out. Start with [group1field] and then evaluate the whole chunk by factoring in the effects of [url]...[/url]. Lastly figure out how the [showif] thendecides whether or not to show its contents. Look up any of those contexts which you have not totally memorized by now. Hint::: if [group1field] does NOT have avalue (and doesn't think it is a blank db field), then [url][group1field][/url]=%5Bgroup1field%5D. Study the docs on [url] until you can see why.[url][raw][group1field][/raw][/url]=%5Bgroup1field%5D. *Always*. Study the docs on [url] and [raw] until you can see why. Got it now? ;-)>>> Question 2. When I use the form search i have text on the results.tpl to this effect.>> The search for CDTitle+Type+Category found 4 items>> which was>> The search for [group1field] found [numfound] items.>> Is there a way to get the value of group1field to display?Notice this part of your form::: Descriptions and by Title:Group1Field=CDTitle+Type+Category(if your display [Group1Field], then it should be obvious that you will get CDTitle+Type+CategoryIf you want to display what the user input, then display [woGroup1data].>>> Many Thanks>> Charley Conquest> Fresh Music>> --- You wrote:> When the var value is *not* coming from a db->> [showif [url][someVar][/url]=[url][raw][someVar][/raw][/url]]> someVar has not been given a value> [/showif]>> It would work without the [url] wrappers so long as the input never included any comparison chars, which you generally cannot be sure of.>> ****>> When the var value *is* coming from a db->> [showif [url][someVar][/url]=]> the field someVar of this record of this db has a literal value of *nothing*> [/showif]>> It would work without the [url] wrappers so long as the field value never included any comparison chars, which you might not be sure of.>> -John>> chas wrote:>> > And.... how do you test for empty/not empty???> >> --- end of quote --->> -------------------------------------------------------------> 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://search.smithmicro.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://search.smithmicro.com/ John Butler

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