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Feb 12, 1999, 11:03 AM
JFrost
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Feb 12, 1999, 11:03 AM
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Short, long, and extra long display
Hi,

Just wanted to know, can I use as many as the Short Long display method I need.?

This is what I will probably have. The first will be a very short display, i.e. Name. Then there will be a long display, i.e. Name, Last name, and Address. Then there will be an extra long display, i.e. Name, last name, Address, Occupation, Age, etc..

All i want to know is, will I be able to create as many sub_view_sucess as I want without getting in to problems.?

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JFrost

Feb 12, 1999, 12:22 PM
JPDeni
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Feb 12, 1999, 12:22 PM
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Sure. You can have as many as you want. The problem can arise with telling DBMan which one to use.

The thing you'll want to do is set up a variable that is passed through the URL to determine which display is used. You could use something like "display=long," "display=med" and "display=short." Or you could use "long=1," "med=1," "short=1."

If you use the "display=" method, in html_view_success, you would use

Code:
for (0 .. $numhits - 1) {
print "<P>";
if ($in{'display'} eq "long") {
&html_record_long (&array_to_hash($_, @hits));
}
elsif ($in{'display'} eq "med") {
&html_record_med (&array_to_hash($_, @hits));
}
else {
&html_record_short (&array_to_hash($_, @hits));
}
}

For the "long=1," etc. method, it would be:

Code:
for (0 .. $numhits - 1) {
print "<P>";
if ($in{'long'}) {
&html_record_long (&array_to_hash($_, @hits));
}
elsif ($in{'med'}) {
&html_record_med (&array_to_hash($_, @hits));
}
else {
&html_record_short (&array_to_hash($_, @hits));
}
}

With my examples, the default is the short display, but you could make the default whichever one you wanted. (I guess you really would have to use the "display=short" or "short=1" if you had them for the default.)

Ain't this a great script? You can make it do just about anything!


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