Re: How to search for fields with 10 or more characters?
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texte = Learn something new everyday. :)----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Grome"
To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 9:21 AMSubject: Re: How to search for fields with 10 or more characters?> You're right about the second math context needing to be inside the > showif, but not about the brackets around the second "theindex" string.>> The brackets are only needed when the variable "theindex" is a text > variable, but in this case it is a math variable, which means the brackets > are 'assumed' by the fact that it appears inside a math context.>> Try it, you'll see that it works without the brackets when "theindex" is a > math variable, but it won't work without the brackets when "theindex" is a > text variable!>> :)>> Sincerely,> Kenneth Grome> www.kengrome.com>>>>>>>Actually you need the second inside the [showif] that is inside the >>[founditems] and it should be:>>>>[math show=f]theindex=[theindex]+1[/math]>>.>>:)>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Grome" >>To: "WebDNA Talk" >>Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 7:37 AM>>Subject: Re: How to search for fields with 10 or more characters?>>>>>If you put this immediately above the [founditems] tag:>>>>>>[math show=f]theindex=0[/math]>>>>>>... and this immediately below the [founditems] tag:>>>>>>[math show=f]theindex=theindex+1[/math]>>>>>>... you can use the tag [theindex] instead of [index] inside your >>>founditems context to display an index value for each record that looks >>>"correct" to your visitors. There's more to it than this if you must use >>>shownext links, but for small data subsets that display on one page this >>>is a useful work-around to your [index] problem.>>>>>>:)>>>>>>Sincerely,>>>Kenneth Grome>>>www.kengrome.com>>>>>>>>>>Thanks Ken for providing a workaround.>>>>>>>>It helped in this case, although now when I use [index] inside the >>>>[showif] it shows that I am filtering the results.>>>>>>>>If I use [index] outside the [showif] I get blanks.>>>>>>>>It would be nice if I could express a search just to return the results >>>>I want, rather than having to be selective about displaying results.>>>>>>>>Anyway it worked, so thanks.>>>>>>>>Yours>>>>>>>>Phil.>>>>On 26 Nov 2004, at 05:29, Kenneth Grome wrote:>>>>>>>>>It will not put undue stress on the server. It's not even doing nested >>>>>searches, which is something that might actually be considered to put >>>>>too much stress on the server.>>>>>>>>>>This is a very simple one-level search that is doing nothing more than >>>>>just retrieving all the records, then showing a subset of those >>>>>records. Everyone does this kind of search with webdna all the time ... >>>>>without any "undue stress" issues.>>>>>>>>>>Sorry to disagree with you Jesse, but this is the way I see it.>>>>>>>>>>>To make it clear, using this method will cause undue strain on the >>>>>>CPU. The better method would be to run a trigger every few hours or >>>>>>once a day that updated that field with the current values in the >>>>>>database. Or only change that field when the database itself changes.>>>>>>>>>>>>On Nov 25, 2004, at 6:50 AM, Kenneth Grome wrote:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>[search db=test.db&neFIELDNAMEdatarq=[blank]&other search stuff]>>>>>>>[founditems]>>>>>>>[showif [countchars][FIELDNAME][/countchars]<10]>>>>>>>>>>>>-->>>>>> Jesse Williams-Proudman>>>>>>Blue Box Development :: Custom Web Solutions>>>>>> +1 (206) 347-0528 :: jesse@blueboxdev.com>>>>>>>>>>-->>>>>>>>>>Sincerely,>>>>>Kenneth Grome>>>>>www.kengrome.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/>>>>>>------------------------------------------------------------->>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/ -------------------------------------------------------------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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Learn something new everyday. :)----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Grome" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 9:21 AMSubject: Re: How to search for fields with 10 or more characters?> You're right about the second math context needing to be inside the > showif, but not about the brackets around the second "theindex" string.>> The brackets are only needed when the variable "theindex" is a text > variable, but in this case it is a math variable, which means the brackets > are 'assumed' by the fact that it appears inside a math context.>> Try it, you'll see that it works without the brackets when "theindex" is a > math variable, but it won't work without the brackets when "theindex" is a > text variable!>> :)>> Sincerely,> Kenneth Grome> www.kengrome.com>>>>>>>Actually you need the second inside the [showif] that is inside the >>[founditems] and it should be:>>>>[math show=f]theindex=[theindex]+1[/math]>>.>>:)>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Grome" >>To: "WebDNA Talk" >>Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 7:37 AM>>Subject: Re: How to search for fields with 10 or more characters?>>>>>If you put this immediately above the [founditems] tag:>>>>>>[math show=f]theindex=0[/math]>>>>>>... and this immediately below the [founditems] tag:>>>>>>[math show=f]theindex=theindex+1[/math]>>>>>>... you can use the tag [theindex] instead of [index] inside your >>>founditems context to display an index value for each record that looks >>>"correct" to your visitors. There's more to it than this if you must use >>>shownext links, but for small data subsets that display on one page this >>>is a useful work-around to your [index] problem.>>>>>>:)>>>>>>Sincerely,>>>Kenneth Grome>>>www.kengrome.com>>>>>>>>>>Thanks Ken for providing a workaround.>>>>>>>>It helped in this case, although now when I use [index] inside the >>>>[showif] it shows that I am filtering the results.>>>>>>>>If I use [index] outside the [showif] I get blanks.>>>>>>>>It would be nice if I could express a search just to return the results >>>>I want, rather than having to be selective about displaying results.>>>>>>>>Anyway it worked, so thanks.>>>>>>>>Yours>>>>>>>>Phil.>>>>On 26 Nov 2004, at 05:29, Kenneth Grome wrote:>>>>>>>>>It will not put undue stress on the server. It's not even doing nested >>>>>searches, which is something that might actually be considered to put >>>>>too much stress on the server.>>>>>>>>>>This is a very simple one-level search that is doing nothing more than >>>>>just retrieving all the records, then showing a subset of those >>>>>records. Everyone does this kind of search with webdna all the time ... >>>>>without any "undue stress" issues.>>>>>>>>>>Sorry to disagree with you Jesse, but this is the way I see it.>>>>>>>>>>>To make it clear, using this method will cause undue strain on the >>>>>>CPU. The better method would be to run a trigger every few hours or >>>>>>once a day that updated that field with the current values in the >>>>>>database. Or only change that field when the database itself changes.>>>>>>>>>>>>On Nov 25, 2004, at 6:50 AM, Kenneth Grome wrote:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>[search db=test.db&neFIELDNAMEdatarq=[blank]&other search stuff]>>>>>>>[founditems]>>>>>>>[showif [countchars][FIELDNAME][/countchars]<10]>>>>>>>>>>>>-->>>>>> Jesse Williams-Proudman>>>>>>Blue Box Development :: Custom Web Solutions>>>>>> +1 (206) 347-0528 :: jesse@blueboxdev.com>>>>>>>>>>-->>>>>>>>>>Sincerely,>>>>>Kenneth Grome>>>>>www.kengrome.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/>>>>>>------------------------------------------------------------->>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/ -------------------------------------------------------------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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