I'm trying to integrate DBMan with Links 2.0 to create an alphebetical listing for specific categories (so you can list records with Titles starting with A B C D E .... X Y Z for each major category.)

I'm thinking of simply setting up links to DBMan in the format

http://mydomain.com/cgibin/db.cgi?uid=default&db=default
&view_records=1&Category=CategoryNameA&Title=^A&re=on&sb=1&so=ascend&nh=1

However I have one problem: I want to display records in each large category, but no in it's subcategories.

So for the above link, I want DBMan to single out records in Category=CategoryNameA but not include records in Category=CategoryNameA/Subcat1 and Category=CategoryNameA/Subcat2 etc. (In Links 2 subcategories are defined as the main category name / subcategory.) How can I get this exact match on the category name, without modifying the database itself?

Thanks.

(Edit: I don't know how to keep the forum from changing the "&" into &)

Thanks to a post by AstroBoy the solution is in the mysterious yet ever powerful realm of regular expressions.

To search for MainCategory and not also turn up MainCategory/Sub the solution is to search for MainCategory$ (the dollar sign limits it).

Actually, just add "ww=on" to the query-string. When "whole words" is on, you should only get exact matches.
kellner