Re: [mv] [3.14-5] scan (one click search) in combination arg

[Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>]

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On Wed, 31 May 2000, .c o r y . t r e s e. wrote:
> What I Am Trying to do:
> 
> I would like to be able to have a LINK from an EXTERNAL site that passes two
> things to my MV deamon.
> 
> 1. a search in the "scan" format
> 2. an argument.  just one little argument ;)

Cory,

Use this

[comment]
following is special and required for scratch variables
to stick when used on search pages.
[/comment]
[set mv_put_session]Yes[/set]

I just checked and [data session arg] is available in a scan
page.

[ snip ]

> What I have failed to be able to do:
> 
> Recover the [data session arg] or get a one click search to work in
> combination.  I can get both the one click search and the data recovery to
> work alone, but not in concert.
> 
> The link I made looked like this:
> 
> <a href="http://server.com/cgi-bin/store/scan/ra=yes?;corytrese;";>
> Return all of my products with "cory trese" as an arg
> </a>
> 
> When I use this link, I get a "Bad Search Specification" error ( one of my
> /special pages.)  

Try a more complete scan, 
http://server.com/cgi-bin/store/scan/ra=yes/sf=subcategory/se=1?;corytrese;

[ snip ]

> Thing is, however, that I'd really rather use a link.
> 
> 2. Perhaps I could encapsulate both the one argument I want to pass and the
> proposed "mv_searchspec" value into one argument and parse them apart on a
> special page and send the user on her merry way.
> 
> Problem with this is that the argument being passed as well as the searchspec
> might interfere with my parsing routine, since I personally do not have control
> over either of the values.  Perhaps I would be saved in this situation by
> escaping nasty characters and such.  What think thee?

You can have both an mv_searchspec and a [data session arg].  Escaping 
both is certainly a good idea if you have no control over their value.

Dan
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