Re: Help getting [shownext] to increment
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 47363
interpreted = N
texte = Thought I'd let you know.Using the [searchstring] tag as part of the [shownext] exposes your 'code' under Webcat 3.07.(Dunno if it does the same for versions over 3.07)It is not Context Sensitive and you have to rework your links for [shownext]This is what I use:Show me Items: [shownext]
[start]-[end] | [/shownext]my result page has a [search]:[search db=database.db&eqFIELDdatarq=[url][item][/url]&FIELDsort=1&FIELDsdir=as&max=20[showif [var_from]=1]&startat=[from][/showif]]Cheers.-- Regards,Marko------------------------------------------------------------------Marko Bernyk - Senior System Engineermailto:marko@conexus.com.au http://www.conexus.com.auTechnical Services, Conexus Pty Ltd, Sydney, AustraliaPh 02 9975 2799 Fax 02 9975 2799 :)------------------------------------------------------------------On Friday, 31 January 2003 10:26 PM, John Peacock
wrote:>Kenneth Grome wrote:>> John's almost right, except for two things:>> >> 1- The search context requires a startat parameter, not a start >> parameter.>> >>Yes, sorry, startat, not start.>>> 2- The value of the startat parameter must be a variable ... and the >> value of that variable must be set inside the shownext>context.>>Wrong! I don't know where Ken gets this stuff. The [searchstring] tag includes >everything you need to continue your search. The startat parameter must be >present in the original search and then it is available as part of the >[searchstring] tag. There is no requirement that it be a variable, because >_all_ form parameters are variables.>>> >> By the way, if you stop messing around with the searchstring tag and >> instead put all the required variables into your shownext URLs manually, >> as I have demonstrated above, then you will probably begin to understand >> what's going on when you click a shownext link.>>You'll also spend a lot of time writing non-portable code. [searchstring] does >everything for you. With Ken's techniques, you cannot have a page be the target >for multiple search variations and have the [searchstring] automatically do the >right thing.>>> >> Using the searchstring tag tends to hide important information from you, >> which only confuses the issue. And as John said in his previous >> message, the searchstring tag has problems -- which is yet another good >> reason to avoid using it.>> >>No, the documentation has problems; the [searchstring] works just fine. Ken and >I differ, here. He got burned by the error in the docs and never recovered his >confidence in the [shownext]/[searchstring] pair. I figured out why the docs >were wrong and use [searchstring] every day without fear.>>If you care to see just how magical [shownext] is, check out this from our web >site. The raw WebDNA:>>[ShowNext position=begin&method=post&max=1]>>[/ShowNext]>>The processed page (for a representative search):>>>>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://webdna.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Thought I'd let you know.Using the [searchstring] tag as part of the [shownext] exposes your 'code' under Webcat 3.07.(Dunno if it does the same for versions over 3.07)It is not Context Sensitive and you have to rework your links for [shownext]This is what I use:Show me Items: [shownext][url][item][/url]&from=[start]>[start]-[end] | [/shownext]my result page has a [search]:[search db=database.db&eqFIELDdatarq=[url][item][/url]&FIELDsort=1&FIELDsdir=as&max=20[showif [var_from]=1]&startat=[from][/showif]]Cheers.-- Regards,Marko------------------------------------------------------------------Marko Bernyk - Senior System Engineermailto:marko@conexus.com.au http://www.conexus.com.auTechnical Services, Conexus Pty Ltd, Sydney, AustraliaPh 02 9975 2799 Fax 02 9975 2799 :)------------------------------------------------------------------On Friday, 31 January 2003 10:26 PM, John Peacock wrote:>Kenneth Grome wrote:>> John's almost right, except for two things:>> >> 1- The search context requires a startat parameter, not a start >> parameter.>> >>Yes, sorry, startat, not start.>>> 2- The value of the startat parameter must be a variable ... and the >> value of that variable must be set inside the shownext>context.>>Wrong! I don't know where Ken gets this stuff. The [searchstring] tag includes >everything you need to continue your search. The startat parameter must be >present in the original search and then it is available as part of the >[searchstring] tag. There is no requirement that it be a variable, because >_all_ form parameters are variables.>>> >> By the way, if you stop messing around with the searchstring tag and >> instead put all the required variables into your shownext URLs manually, >> as I have demonstrated above, then you will probably begin to understand >> what's going on when you click a shownext link.>>You'll also spend a lot of time writing non-portable code. [searchstring] does >everything for you. With Ken's techniques, you cannot have a page be the target >for multiple search variations and have the [searchstring] automatically do the >right thing.>>> >> Using the searchstring tag tends to hide important information from you, >> which only confuses the issue. And as John said in his previous >> message, the searchstring tag has problems -- which is yet another good >> reason to avoid using it.>> >>No, the documentation has problems; the [searchstring] works just fine. Ken and >I differ, here. He got burned by the error in the docs and never recovered his >confidence in the [shownext]/[searchstring] pair. I figured out why the docs >were wrong and use [searchstring] every day without fear.>>If you care to see just how magical [shownext] is, check out this from our web >site. The raw WebDNA:>>[ShowNext position=begin&method=post&max=1]>>[/ShowNext]>>The processed page (for a representative search):>>>>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://webdna.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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