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Technical References - [shownext]

[shownext] is a special context used to create links (or more accurately, the sets of ranges of found items - it's up to you to make them into links) to the next or previous sets of results.

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Put [shownext] inside the search context, but not inside [founditems]. To sucessfully use [shownext], you need to add some matching parameters in the [search] context, as shown in the example.

[shownext] is a looping type of context. It will repeat until all the sets of ranges are accounted for. In this example, we've used a pipe character to separate the sets. Each repeat of the [shownext] will end in the pipe character, separating the links from each other. There are three different [shownext] contexts to handle the before, current, and after sets of ranges.Example for a file named "states.dna"

<!--HAS_WEBDNA_TAGS-->[search db=states.db&geSTATEdata=1&refsort=1&max=10&startat=[starthere]][shownext position=begin]<a href="states.dna?state=[url][state][/url]&starthere=[start]"> [start]-[end]</a> |[/shownext][shownext position=middle]<b>[start]-[end]</b> |[/shownext][shownext position=end]<a href="states.dna?state=[url][state][/url]&starthere=[start]"> [start]-[end]</a> |[/shownext]<br>[founditems]-[state]<br>[/founditems][/search]

your database "states.db" should look like

ref    state1      Alabama2      Alaska3      American Samoa4      Arizona5      Arkansas6      California7      Colorado8      Connecticut9      Delaware10     District of Columbia11     Florida...

Explanation of the ExampleThe [search] context uses a variable for [state]. Imagine that on the previous page the user had a choice of states to click on. If they click on Texas, then we need to remember Texas and carry it through to the rest of the pages, because each page performs the search all over again. This is why we include state=[state] in the Shownext links. It will resolve to state=Texas, and the search for the next pages will be correct.[search] also uses startat=[starthere], and the shownext links use starthere=[start]. This is perhaps the most confusing part of the shownext context. startat= is part of the search context and must be entered as such. [start] is a special tag used in the [shownext] context, and reveals the starting index for a given range of records. In our example, [starthere] is our own, made-up name for a variable we will use to pass the value of [start] on to the next page, where it lands in the search. We could just have easily used [elephant], or [start] or [startat]. The choice is yours, but the idea is to not add more confusion.

Shownext-specific parameters for the Search Context
startat	This specifies where, in the total search that is performed, the current page's worth of found items will begin. If it is missing or invalid (i.e., the raw code [starthere] appears), it will start at the beginning.
max	(not to be confused with the max in the shownext context) This specifies how many in each set of records.
Parameters specific to the ShowNext context
position	begin - Displays the ranges ([start]-[end]) for records before the ones currently displayed inside the [founditems] loopmiddle - Displays the ranges for records currently displayed inside the [foundItems] loop (usually not as links, but perhaps bolded or styled in some way to show the user that this is the range they are currently seeing.)end - Displays the ranges for records after the ones currently displayed inside the [foundItems] loop parameter not used - Defaults to show the entire range of before and after, skipping the current (middle) range.
max	(not to be confused with the max in the search context) this specifies how many sets of ranges to display. If set to 1, then you can show a simple "next" link.
Tags available inside the ShowNext context
[start]	The index position of the first item that will be displayed in this range of found items
[end]	The index position of the last item that will be displayed in this range of found items
[searchstring]	All search parameters used to find this "chunk" of items in the range [Start] - [End]. However, this tag is not compatible with the search context. It is a tag from early versions of WebDNA, when using the less secure URL string or formvariables to perform a search, and for security reasons, is not a recommended technique today. In modern usage, you will construct your URL in the shownext context to contain only those variables necessary to perform the search, plus the starting value. See example above.

You will find sophisticated examples at "a [shownext] example", "another [shownext] example" and "an example of application for [shownext]"You can also use the WebDNA flexibility to find an alternative solution, like this alternative to [shownext] code.

Put [shownext] inside the search context, but not inside [founditems]. To sucessfully use [shownext], you need to add some matching parameters in the [search] context, as shown in the example.

<!--HAS_WEBDNA_TAGS-->

[search db=states.db&geSTATEdata=1&refsort=1&max=10&startat=[starthere]]

[shownext position=begin]
<a href="states.dna?state=[url][state][/url]&starthere=[start]"> [start]-[end]</a> |
[/shownext]
[shownext position=middle]
<b>[start]-[end]</b> |
[/shownext]
[shownext position=end]
<a href="states.dna?state=[url][state][/url]&starthere=[start]"> [start]-[end]</a> |
[/shownext]
<br>
[founditems]-[state]<br>[/founditems]

[/search]

your database "states.db" should look like

ref    state
1      Alabama
2      Alaska
3      American Samoa
4      Arizona
5      Arkansas
6      California
7      Colorado
8      Connecticut
9      Delaware
10     District of Columbia
11     Florida
...

Explanation of the Example
The [search] context uses a variable for [state]. Imagine that on the previous page the user had a choice of states to click on. If they click on Texas, then we need to remember Texas and carry it through to the rest of the pages, because each page performs the search all over again. This is why we include state=[state] in the Shownext links. It will resolve to state=Texas, and the search for the next pages will be correct.

[search] also uses startat=[starthere], and the shownext links use starthere=[start]. This is perhaps the most confusing part of the shownext context. startat= is part of the search context and must be entered as such. [start] is a special tag used in the [shownext] context, and reveals the starting index for a given range of records. In our example, [starthere] is our own, made-up name for a variable we will use to pass the value of [start] on to the next page, where it lands in the search. We could just have easily used [elephant], or [start] or [startat]. The choice is yours, but the idea is to not add more confusion.

Shownext-specific parameters for the Search Context
startat	This specifies where, in the total search that is performed, the current page's worth of found items will begin. If it is missing or invalid (i.e., the raw code [starthere] appears), it will start at the beginning.
max	(not to be confused with the max in the shownext context) This specifies how many in each set of records.
Parameters specific to the ShowNext context
position	begin - Displays the ranges ([start]-[end]) for records before the ones currently displayed inside the [founditems] loop middle - Displays the ranges for records currently displayed inside the [founditems] loop (usually not as links, but perhaps bolded or styled in some way to show the user that this is the range they are currently seeing.) end - Displays the ranges for records after the ones currently displayed inside the [founditems] loop parameter not used - Defaults to show the entire range of before and after, skipping the current (middle) range.
max	(not to be confused with the max in the search context) this specifies how many sets of ranges to display. If set to 1, then you can show a simple "next" link.
Tags available inside the ShowNext context
[start]	The index position of the first item that will be displayed in this range of found items
[end]	The index position of the last item that will be displayed in this range of found items
[searchstring]	All search parameters used to find this "chunk" of items in the range [Start] - [End]. However, this tag is not compatible with the search context. It is a tag from early versions of WebDNA, when using the less secure URL string or formvariables to perform a search, and for security reasons, is not a recommended technique today. In modern usage, you will construct your URL in the shownext context to contain only those variables necessary to perform the search, plus the starting value. See example above.

You will find sophisticated examples at "a [shownext] example", "another [shownext] example" and "an example of application for [shownext]"

You can also use the WebDNA flexibility to find an alternative solution, like this alternative to [shownext] code. Terry Wilson

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