Re: table max?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 38800
interpreted = N
texte = At 4:34 PM 9/20/2001, John Peacock wrote:>Donovan Brooke wrote:>>>> [!]From the Search to Find All Products:[/!]>>
>> ___________>> [!]DBEdit's Search String:[/!]>> [search db=products.db&max=300&startat=[start]&[formvariables >>name=__&exact=f][getchars>> start=3][name][/getchars]=[url][value][/url]&[/formvariables]]>> ____________>> [!]Then Shownext Part:[/!]>> [founditems]>>
>> >> [id]: [title]>> | >>
>> [/founditems]>> [shownext]>>
>> >> |
>> [/shownext]>> _______>> [!]John, this is a standard part of DBEdit... I only changed the >>max peramiter.[/!]>>>>Look at your Admin/Preferences page. There is an entry for Maximum>Found Items which has to be larger than the MAX parameter.>>Note also that you are defeating the purpose of [shownext] by setting>the max so high. The MAX parameter to [search] is how many records>to return _at one time_, not how many records to return total (this>has confused other people as well).>>IMHO, no page should ever display more than 3 screens vertically. That>is why [shownext] was created.>>HTH>>JohnI don't believe the Preferences option applies here... as I understand it, that only applies to search COMMANDS, not search CONTEXTS. My preferences are set to 500, but my contexts commany return thousands of results.Also, there can be good reasons for showing more items at a time - particularly in an administrative arena, though I agree that in general you shouldn't provide too long a list to site visitors.I don't have much help to provide here, however. I don't generally use shownext - it frustrated me enough in my early days of WebCat development that I developed my own solution to get around it, and haven't looked back.- Brian-- <= Brian C. Fries, BrainScan Software http://www.brainscansoftware.com =>-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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At 4:34 PM 9/20/2001, John Peacock wrote:>Donovan Brooke wrote:>>>> [!]From the Search to Find All Products:[/!]>> >> ___________>> [!]DBEdit's Search String:[/!]>> [search db=products.db&max=300&startat=[start]&[formvariables >>name=__&exact=f][getchars>> start=3][name][/getchars]=[url][value][/url]&[/formvariables]]>> ____________>> [!]Then Shownext Part:[/!]>> [founditems]>> >> >> [id]: [title]>> | >>
>> [/founditems]>> [shownext]>> >> >> |
>> [/shownext]>> _______>> [!]John, this is a standard part of DBEdit... I only changed the >>max peramiter.[/!]>>>>Look at your Admin/Preferences page. There is an entry for Maximum>Found Items which has to be larger than the MAX parameter.>>Note also that you are defeating the purpose of [shownext] by setting>the max so high. The MAX parameter to [search] is how many records>to return _at one time_, not how many records to return total (this>has confused other people as well).>>IMHO, no page should ever display more than 3 screens vertically. That>is why [shownext] was created.>>HTH>>JohnI don't believe the Preferences option applies here... as I understand it, that only applies to search COMMANDS, not search CONTEXTS. My preferences are set to 500, but my contexts commany return thousands of results.Also, there can be good reasons for showing more items at a time - particularly in an administrative arena, though I agree that in general you shouldn't provide too long a list to site visitors.I don't have much help to provide here, however. I don't generally use shownext - it frustrated me enough in my early days of WebCat development that I developed my own solution to get around it, and haven't looked back.- Brian-- <= Brian C. Fries, BrainScan Software http://www.brainscansoftware.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/
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