Re: limiting found items
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 38894
interpreted = N
texte = Donovan Brooke wrote: > > sorry I wasn't more specific. I have the max peramiter in the search along with a shownext context. > > However, I have a numfound context that shows the user how many items were found. I don't want > the customer to see this number and have them only get to max=x number. I guess I am trying to stop > the loop when found records reaches a certain number. > Then don't show them the [numfound] unless it is smaller than [max]. I would actually do something like this:[if [numfound]>[max]] [then]Showing first [max] records[/then] [else]Showing [numfound] records[/else] [/if]If you are concerned about limiting the number of [shownext] links displayed on a page, you need to look at the docs for the max parameter to [shownext].John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Donovan Brooke wrote: > > sorry I wasn't more specific. I have the max peramiter in the search along with a shownext context. > > However, I have a numfound context that shows the user how many items were found. I don't want > the customer to see this number and have them only get to max=x number. I guess I am trying to stop > the loop when found records reaches a certain number. > Then don't show them the [numfound] unless it is smaller than [max]. I would actually do something like this:[if [numfound]>[max]] [then]Showing first [max] records[/then] [else]Showing [numfound] records[/else] [/if]If you are concerned about limiting the number of [shownext] links displayed on a page, you need to look at the docs for the max parameter to [shownext].John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- 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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