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- Display and Viewing (2)
- Common questions on how to alter the output of DBMan.
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Field shows userid instead of what it should
(21 votes)
You have a field that insists on being the userid of the current user instead of what you enter into the field.
How can I make a select field so users can search for a range of prices?
http://www.jpdeni.com/dbman/Mods/PriceRange.txt
This will allow you to build a select field by which your users can search for a range of prices in your database.
How do I allow my users to modify or delete their records without having to search?
http://www.jpdeni.com/dbman/Mods/autosearch.txt
(5 votes)
Creates links in the footer which automatically search for the records belonging to a user for modification and deletion purposes.
How do I make a multiple select field for my forms?
http://www.jpdeni.com/dbman/Mods/mult_select.txt
Allows you to create a select field that will accept multiple selections.
How do I send an email when a new record is added?
http://www.jpdeni.com/dbman/Mods/email_after_add.txt
Instructions for sending an email to either an admin or a user after a record is added to the database.
Is DBMan Y2K compliant?
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/forum/resources/Forum12/HTML/000741.html
(3 votes)
Yes, DBMan gets all it's dates from Perl's localtime() function, and will work well past the year 2000.
Line breaks from my textarea fields do not appear when the record is displayed
(25 votes)
You have a textarea field on your add form and you add carriage returns to the text, but the text is all on one line when the record is displayed.
(1 vote)
(39 votes)