Re: SMSI -- a [notfound] context?

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 41093
interpreted = N
texte = FileMaker Pro has always had an 'omit' function on the search which finds your items, omits them from the found set, leaving you with the [notfound] records. It comes in more handy than you would imagine...Regards, Tim On Monday, 1 July 2002 4:44 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote: >SMSI, > >I asked Grant this question privately -- because he's the one who >programmed most of the webdna code. But he never replied to my >direct email inquiry, so I'm asking you now ... > >How difficult would it be to create a [notfound] tag that's used >inside a search context -- to list all the records in the db that are >not found by the search? > >My desktop Panorama database has this feature built into it. It is >very useful, and I can imagine situations where it would be useful on >the web as well. > >Since webdna uses the index values to identify the founditems, it >seems like it could be coded to easily identify the records that are >notfound as well, then it could list those records in a [notfound] >context ... right? > >Then instead of only being able to see the matching records, we could >also see the records that do not match -- on the same page if >necessary. This would be great for debugging, but it would also be >useful when we need to see the non-matching records along with the >matching ones, for example to quickly see what's in the db that >doesn't match the search parameters. > >What do you think? > > >Sincerely, >Kenneth Grome > >------------------------------------------------------------- >Kenneth Grome & Associates US-Asian Business Specialists >Philippine Business Office +63 (32) 255-6921 >Primary Email Address owner@kengrome.com >Alternate Email Address kengrome@webdna.net >------------------------------------------------------------- > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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:

    
  1. Re: SMSI -- a [notfound] context? (Donovan 2002)
  2. Re: SMSI -- a [notfound] context? (Kenneth Grome 2002)
  3. Re: SMSI -- a [notfound] context? (Aaron Lynch 2002)
  4. Re: SMSI -- a [notfound] context? (Stuart Tremain 2002)
  5. Re: SMSI -- a [notfound] context? (Alex McCombie 2002)
  6. Re: SMSI -- a [notfound] context? (Scott Anderson 2002)
  7. Re: SMSI -- a [notfound] context? (John Peacock 2002)
  8. Re: SMSI -- a [notfound] context? (Gary Krockover 2002)
  9. Re: SMSI -- a [notfound] context? (Clayton Randall 2002)
  10. Re: SMSI -- a [notfound] context? (Larry Goodhew 2002)
  11. Re: SMSI -- a [notfound] context? (Scott Anderson 2002)
  12. Re: SMSI -- a [notfound] context? (Tim Robinson 2002)
  13. SMSI -- a [notfound] context? (Kenneth Grome 2002)
FileMaker Pro has always had an 'omit' function on the search which finds your items, omits them from the found set, leaving you with the [notfound] records. It comes in more handy than you would imagine...Regards, Tim On Monday, 1 July 2002 4:44 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote: >SMSI, > >I asked Grant this question privately -- because he's the one who >programmed most of the webdna code. But he never replied to my >direct email inquiry, so I'm asking you now ... > >How difficult would it be to create a [notfound] tag that's used >inside a search context -- to list all the records in the db that are >not found by the search? > >My desktop Panorama database has this feature built into it. It is >very useful, and I can imagine situations where it would be useful on >the web as well. > >Since webdna uses the index values to identify the founditems, it >seems like it could be coded to easily identify the records that are >notfound as well, then it could list those records in a [notfound] >context ... right? > >Then instead of only being able to see the matching records, we could >also see the records that do not match -- on the same page if >necessary. This would be great for debugging, but it would also be >useful when we need to see the non-matching records along with the >matching ones, for example to quickly see what's in the db that >doesn't match the search parameters. > >What do you think? > > >Sincerely, >Kenneth Grome > >------------------------------------------------------------- >Kenneth Grome & Associates US-Asian Business Specialists >Philippine Business Office +63 (32) 255-6921 >Primary Email Address owner@kengrome.com >Alternate Email Address kengrome@webdna.net >------------------------------------------------------------- > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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/ Tim Robinson

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