I have created a real estate database and am trying to create two different short displays depending on the parameters of the search.

The search is structured in a way that the user can only search by property type (Houses, Commercial Property, Subdivisions, Mobile Homes etc...) using hard links, not a fill in form.

I am trying to structure the short display to return a different format depending on which property type the user searches. My question is, how do I do this?

An example of the two different formats and a link to the database is located at:

http://www.webtuneup.com/impactproperties/index2.html

I realize that one option is to break this up into different database's. I am trying to avoid that if possible and just manipulate the html.pl file to get it to do what I need it to.

Any help would be greatly appreciated by this perl newbie.

Thanks,
Rob







[This message has been edited by RSBlack (edited October 17, 1999).]

I am confused about what you mean by the following statement:


What do you mean by hard links? From the example you provided it looks like the links are dynamic and built-in with the short/long display mod.

From the looks of your example, all you need to do is apply the Short/Long Mod to your DBMAN. This mod is located at the following URL:

www.jpdeni.com/dbman/mods.html

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By "hard links" do you mean "pre-defined searches"? If so, could you give me an example of one of your links?


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JPD

You are exactly right, when I am referring to "hard links" I mean pre-defined searches.

An example is:
http://www.webtuneup.com/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&PropertyType=Houses&keyword=&mh=50&sb=---&so=ascend&view_records=View+R ecords


I have already implemented the short/long mod. If you follow the link above you will see it in action. I am trying to use a different short format if the user follows a different pre-defined search. There are several predefined searches set up and linked at the bottom of each page.

First, you don't need to have quite so much in your predefined search link. (What you have won't matter, but it's extra size to the file and extra typing.) You can just use:


That's a small thing, but it makes it easier for me to follow this way.

Second, for your links to Commercial Property, Mobile Homes, or anything that has a space in it, be sure to replace the space with a + --
Commercial+Property
Mobile+Homes

Now for the different displays. In sub html_view_success, instead of


use something like


Make sense?


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JPD

Ok, I see how that part works now. That solves part of my problem. The other portion of the problem is I believe in the the sub html_view_success.

Within the sub html_view_success I have placed html code for the header row of the data that I am trying to display in the sub html_record (so it will only show up once at the top of the page).

Depending on weather the user follows a pre-defined search for Homes or Commercial or any other type of property I need that html code in the html_view_success be different.

How do I do this? I have posted the html.pl code at the following url:

http://www.webtuneup.com/impactproperties/html_pl.txt

the sub I am referring to begins on line 566

Rob

You would do something similar to the previous code:


This would go after





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JPD

Just a quick note to say thank you. With the tech support you've given me everything is working great.

DBMan is a great product. You can view the database in action at:

http://www.webtuneup.com/impactproperties/

We're just about ready to go live.

Thanks again.