Re: Search Philosophy
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39369
interpreted = N
texte = Thanks to those that replied. I wish I could use lookup as I would like to keep this as fast as possible but the variables are being entered by the user so I think the case sensitivity will kill this. Also, I can't really [lowercase] or [uppercase] the value because the fields will contain mixed. :-(I'll use showifs inside a [blank] search. Thanks oh wise ones!Donovan Brooke wrote:> Hello, question from a confused designer.... > In a basic search string similiar to: > > [search db=some.db&eqFIELDdatarq=var] > [founditems] > some action > [/founditems] > [/search] > > If one wants to enact an action on both the found > items that equal FIELD and that founditems that dont equal > FIELD does one need two search contexts? > > In otherwords, I want to change a variable to something > if it is found and something else if it is not found. > > thanks.-- Donovan D. Brooke Systems Administrator/ Assc. Art Director Epsen Hillmer GraphicsI know I'm making progress when I look at the questions I have asked in the past and think to myself... how stupid was that ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Thanks to those that replied. I wish I could use lookup as I would like to keep this as fast as possible but the variables are being entered by the user so I think the case sensitivity will kill this. Also, I can't really [lowercase] or [uppercase] the value because the fields will contain mixed. :-(I'll use showifs inside a [blank] search. Thanks oh wise ones!Donovan Brooke wrote:> Hello, question from a confused designer.... > In a basic search string similiar to: > > [search db=some.db&eqFIELDdatarq=var] > [founditems] > some action > [/founditems] > [/search] > > If one wants to enact an action on both the found > items that equal FIELD and that founditems that dont equal > FIELD does one need two search contexts? > > In otherwords, I want to change a variable to something > if it is found and something else if it is not found. > > thanks.-- Donovan D. Brooke Systems Administrator/ Assc. Art Director Epsen Hillmer GraphicsI know I'm making progress when I look at the questions I have asked in the past and think to myself... how stupid was that ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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