i must admit i am not very good in html and perl programming. but i am doing my best to understand the codes.

my problem now is when i try to access the "view" routine and try to enter any word to search, i am always returned a "matching error message". but when i enter the document number (which is my database key), the search goes very well. why is that? i thought it would search on all field? i did not change anything in the code except that i removed the line displaying the html_record_form.

your immediate response will be highly appreciated.

again, i am answering my own questions. i made a mistake. the view option is actually working except if the keyword is the value of my "USERID" field. how then can i view all records of say, admin? do i need to change anything in the code or in my cfg file?

anyone... please help me....

after going over the codes, i figured out that the query() routine in the db.cgi file contained a line that restricts the search within the userid field. i just commented that line and everything went fine.

I apologize for not having been here to answer your question, but it looks like it wasn't necessary.

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JPD