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Jul 17, 2005, 4:04 AM

Moto

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Jul 17, 2005, 4:04 AM

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Help global

hi,

I want to make a global that return category url as numbers.
Like, build_root_url/2/20/200/index.html

The following is the global that I made, but it just print out the sub as is.

Code:

global cat_static,

sub{
my $tags=shift;
my $id=$tags->{ID};
my $cat_db=$DB->table('Category');
my $sth=$cat_db->select(['FullName'],{ID=>$id});
my $fullname=$sth->fechrow_array;

my $output;
my @list=split(/\//,$fullname);
foreach my $list(shift@list){
my $sth2=$cat_db->select(['ID'],{'Name','=','$list'});
my $number=$sth2->fechrow_array;
$output.="\/$number";
}
return $output;
}

then in Category Template I would loke to put <a href="<%build_root_url%><%cat_static%>/index.html">here</a>.

Can anyone tell me how to do that or correct the sub ?
### Moto ###

Jul 17, 2005, 9:06 AM

Alba

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Jul 17, 2005, 9:06 AM

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Re: [Moto] Help global In reply to

This is a built in feature of GLinks, you change it in setup
build_category_format

Jul 17, 2005, 6:44 PM

Moto

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Jul 17, 2005, 6:44 PM

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Hi thanks for the reply,

Which version are you referring to ?

I am using LinksSQL v2.1.2.and set foreign char Yes.
I suppose there is not build_category_format in my version.

I want my users go to dynamic pages form static, and go back to static from dynamic.

When dynamic, urls are something like "page.cgi?g=2/20/200/index.html&d=1". Right?

I also want to have static urls that take users back to static pages form dynamic, which are not overwritten by LinksSQL.

That's the reason I want to make this global.

And thanks for reading my rusty English!

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Jul 18, 2005, 12:12 AM

Andy

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Jul 18, 2005, 12:12 AM

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Hi,

I'm not quite sure you're doing it right Unsure

Any global, should start with sub {, and end in }

For example;

Code:
sub { 
  # do something 
   return@args; 
}

So, your global should look more like;

<%cat_static%>

Code:
sub {  

 my $tags    = shift;  
 my $id        = $tags->{ID};  
 my $cat_db = $DB->table('Category');  
 my  $fullname = $cat_db->select(['FullName'],{ID=>$id})->fetchrow;  


 my $output;  
 my @list=split(/\//,$fullname);  
  foreach my $list(shift@list){  
   my $number =$cat_db->select(['ID'],{'Name','=','$list'})->fetchrow; 
   $output.=  qq{/$number};  
  }  
 return $output;  
}

If using later version of GLinks ( > 3.0 ), then you may need to change the last line;

return $output;

..to;

return \$output;

I've also rewritten some parts for you, i.e;

my $number =$cat_db->select(['ID'],{'Name','=','$list'})->fetchrow;

..instead of 2 lines of code Smile

Hope that helps.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Jul 18, 2005, 2:32 AM

Moto

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Jul 18, 2005, 2:32 AM

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Hi Andy,

Thanks for your help, I got this global worked out! Smile

Final code is as follows;

Code:
 sub { 
    my $tags    = shift; 
    my $id      = $tags->{ID}; 
    my $cat_db = $DB->table('Category'); 
    my $fullname = $cat_db->select(['Full_Name'],{ID=>$id})->fetchrow; 
    my $output;    
    my @list=split(/\//,$fullname); 
    foreach my $list ( @list) { 
         my $number = $cat_db->select(['ID'],{ Name => $list })->fetchrow; 
         $output.=  qq~$number/~; 
    }    
    return $output; 
}

Thanks again!
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