Is there a variabel in dbman which can display the total number of records, like $grand_total in links ??

Michael

You can use the following sub-routine in the db.cgi file:


Then in your html.pl file, add the following codes to show the total number of records:


Hope this helps.

[Edited for the third time due to dumb errors on the part of the coder]

Regards,

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Eliot Lee
Anthro TECH,L.L.C
www.anthrotech.com
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[This message has been edited by Eliot (edited November 24, 1999).]

[This message has been edited by Eliot (edited December 18, 1999).]

[This message has been edited by Eliot (edited December 20, 1999).]

Maybe easier:print qq|There are $items items in the database.|;

Eliot, I get server error using your script.
Maybee I made something wrong
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So I tried mart´s idea. It works

Thank you both!!
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I inserted mart´s script in the header combined with a fast search. I´m very satisfied.

Michael

Well, I may have made one or two syntax errors. I copied the version I have in my db.cgi file and I noticed that I had two if statements that probably did not pertain to your DBMAN, so I erased them before I went to lunch and neglected to come back to the forum to further edit the codes.

Sorry.

Goodbye.

Regards,

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Eliot Lee
Anthro TECH,L.L.C
www.anthrotech.com
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Eliot,

I tried your hack, but it gives me a result of 0. I also tried mart's hack, but the result it gave was too high. I think it's because some of the lines in my database are wrapped, and mart's code counts the wrapped part of the line as another record.

Would wrapped lines have this effect? Also, can you think of why I might be getting a result of 0? I copied the code like you have it here.

Wrapping lines does not affect the script.

I don't know why the MOD I posted does not work.

Regards.

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Eliot Lee
Anthro TECH,L.L.C
www.anthrotech.com
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Eliot, now you're missing the closing bracket on the if loop... put it before the ++$count; line.

[This message has been edited by oldmoney (edited December 18, 1999).]

Thanks for holding my hand, oldmoney. I did forget the closing right bracket for the loop.

Regards.

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Eliot Lee
Anthro TECH,L.L.C
www.anthrotech.com
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Hey, Eliot, you're ten times the coder I am. In regards to my own meager abilities, I am fond of the expression "even a blind squirel finds a nut once in a while."

[This message has been edited by oldmoney (edited December 19, 1999).]

" Then in your html.pl file, add the following codes to show the total number of records:
code:

|; num_records; print qq|
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This code gives me only errors in the html.pl file.
Should it be : print qq|num_records; |;
?
or am I missing the point here?

Thanx
Catch


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catch,

You almost got it....Yet the codes should be as follows:


I inadvertantly forget the & character to call that sub-routine.

I will edit my previous post...again.



Regards,

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Eliot Lee
Anthro TECH,L.L.C
www.anthrotech.com
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Thanx Eliot,

I should have seen that one, but really man I've tried
Funny how more complex things go more easy than the simpler ones, sometimes.

catch