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Re: [mv] displaying key value from arbitrary database
****** message to minivend-users from ".cory.trese." <digital@specialty-books.com> ******
I think "code" my be a minivend reserved field name, and thus only the shortcut
tag [item-code] exists.
On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote:
>****** message to minivend-users from Ed LaFrance <edlafrance@printexusa.com> ******
>
>>****** Ramsey French <rammjet@mindspring.com> WROTE ******
>>
>>[item-code]
>>
>- AND -
>
>****** "Gideon van Gelder" <gideon@swingmaster.nl> WROTE ******
>
>That's funny.
>
>Your key-column is probably called "code" and so you can access
>that column by [data base=mybase col=code key=whatever] or
>[item-data myfile code], just like any other column in the db.
>
>This should work, I'm sure.
>
>AND THE WINNER IS RAMSEY FRENCH!
>[item-code] dispays the contents of the key field in an arbitrary database.
>The column name in the database does not have to be "code"; I tried it with
>several fieldnames for my key column and it works everytime. Apparently
>[item-code] is a *universal* reference to the key field of any database
>currently being read. I did not gleen this from the docs. NONE of the
>other syntaxes work: [item-data myfile code], [item-data code], [item-data
>myfile keyfieldname]. I didn't test [data base=mybase col=code
>key=whatever] because it does not fit the context of my application.
>
>Thanks for your input - hope this saves someone else some time!
>
>- Ed L.
>
>
>
>>On 1/31/00 6:05 PM, Ed LaFrance at edlafrance@printexusa.com wrote:
>>
>>> ****** message to minivend-users from Ed LaFrance
>>> <edlafrance@printexusa.com> ******
>>>
>>> Can anyone explain how to display the key value from a record in an
>>> arbitrary database? I have a page that returns the results of an [area
>>> scan...] tag and lists some of the contents of a database using [item-data
>>> filename fieldname] tags for each iteration of the search list. Everything
>>> works fine, except that the contents of each record's key field don't
>>> display using this method. Does anyone know why? Is there a special
>>> syntax for displaying the key field of an arbitrary database. I have
>>> scanned and searched the vast docs and list archive and have not come up
>>> with anything definitive. My ISP is running a UNIX server with Perl 5.004
>>> and Sun OS 5.7, I am running Minivend 3.12.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any input!
>>>
>>> - Ed L.
>>>
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