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Jun 18, 1999, 11:58 PM

mart

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Jun 18, 1999, 11:58 PM

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defining titles...

Hi,
I will define the $html_title in some forms.
for ex. When a default user click a link, that call the records of a specific user, it would be nice, if the title shows: Records of '$specific user'. I tried a lot, but no succes. How can I do this??

Thanks in advance,
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Mart.

Jun 18, 1999, 9:45 PM

JPDeni

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Jun 18, 1999, 9:45 PM

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It will require a lot of rearranging of your html.pl file, since the results are returned after the <head> tags are printed.

How is the search conducted? Would it be possible just to use the search terms?

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Jun 19, 1999, 11:08 AM

mart

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Jun 19, 1999, 11:08 AM

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The link can also called from outside the programm,

Code:
<A HREF="http://www.autorandstad.nl/cgi-bin/dealer/dealer.cgi?db=dealer&ww=on&uid=default&$db_key=$rec{$db_key}&view_records=1&ID=*">

, where the '$db_key'is defined as the userid.

[This message has been edited by mart (edited June 19, 1999).]

Jun 19, 1999, 11:34 AM

JPDeni

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Jun 19, 1999, 11:34 AM

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It doesn't matter where the link is called from. It just matters whether you can use the search terms for what you want to print out.

I'm not sure I understand what you're doing, though. Is the link you included the actual link from outside the database? If so, you can't use

$db_key=$rec{$db_key}

You can only use variables from within DBMan.

Also, you don't need both

$db_key=$rec{$db_key}

and

ID=*

in a link from within DBMan. The $db_key=$rec{$db_key} term is enough. (It doesn't hurt anything, but it could possibly slow down a search.)

If you use the link you have supplied from within DBMan and you want to have the userid printed in the browser title, you can just use

$in{$db_key}

in the browser title.

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Jun 19, 1999, 12:00 PM

mart

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Jun 19, 1999, 12:00 PM

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I think it's more complecated:
The records that is ask for with the search order all have the same user, so the search field must be the userid_field. All that records have the same field, that I will place in the $html_title, the 'name_field'. But when the user ask for another search defenition, one that has not all the same users, the $html_title has to stay default. I've experimented with some 'if'/'else' statements, but no succes. I hope, that this is clear for you.

Thanks in advance,
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Mart.

Jun 19, 1999, 4:55 PM

JPDeni

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Jun 19, 1999, 4:55 PM

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What have you tried? Seems like this would work:

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if ($in{'name_field'}) { 
  $html_title = "Records for $in{'name_field'}"; 
} 
else { 
  $html_title = "Search results"; 
}

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Jun 20, 1999, 12:12 AM

mart

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Jun 20, 1999, 12:12 AM

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No, nothing works.
This is the link, whitch can be called from outside the programm, try it and you see what I mean:
http://www.autorandstad.nl/cgi-bin/dealer/dealer.cgi?db=dealer&ww=on&uid=default&Userid=mart&view_records=1&ID=*
In here, the 'Userid' is known. From that userid all the records are called. He has the same value in the field, whitch I will define in my title. I tried also something with 'if ($auth_user_field eq $db_userid) {', but not with result. I feel, that there must be a solution, I only don't know, if I can make clear, what I mean. Hope you understand...

Jun 20, 1999, 11:41 AM

JPDeni

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Jun 20, 1999, 11:41 AM

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Using

if ($auth_user_field eq $db_userid)

would definitely not work the way you want. In the link you supplied, $db_userid is equal to "default" and the $auth_user_field is always equal to a number. Those two variables will never be equal.

Did you try

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if ($in{'Userid'}) { 
  $html_title = "Records for $in{'Userid'}"; 
} 
else { 
  $html_title = "Search results"; 
}

This would go at the very top of your html_view_success subroutine, before any other code.

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Jun 20, 1999, 12:09 PM

mart

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Jun 20, 1999, 12:09 PM

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OK, this works, but I don't want the Userid display in the title, I will the value of field 'Name' display in the title. I try to change the $in{'Userid'} in $in{'Name'}, but that gives an empty value. What must I do???

Jun 20, 1999, 12:59 PM

JPDeni

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Jun 20, 1999, 12:59 PM

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Okay. Try this, then. After my (@hits) = @_;

add

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if ($in{'Userid'}) { 
  $html_title = "Records for $hits[#]"; 
} 
else { 
  $html_title = "Search Results"; 
}

Change the # above to match the number of the field where the person's name is.

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Jun 20, 1999, 11:14 PM

JPDeni

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Jun 20, 1999, 11:14 PM

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Well, there's a few things I've had trouble with. (I still am struggling with the file upload, for one thing.) But things like this can be worked out.

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Jun 21, 1999, 9:00 AM

mart

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Jun 21, 1999, 9:00 AM

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I think, there is NOTHING you cannot solve, Smile

Thanks,
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Mart.

Jun 22, 1999, 11:30 AM

mart

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Jun 22, 1999, 11:30 AM

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Wish I could help, but I've not installed the image upload mod yet. I ask my visitors to upload it to their own homepage and give the URL in the adding routine, whitch I load in a field-value. (So, till the next problem...) Smile