RE: [mv] Displaying the contents of an arbitrary database

["Russ Smith" <russ@mediaservices.net>]

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Hello

Is this "arbitrary database" your products database? If not your loop search
you must tell it what database to look at;

EG;	[loop search="fi=yourdatabase.txt/sf=date/se=somedate/ml=2"]
Or whatever parameters you want returned.
The fi= designates "which" database to search.

Thank You
Russ Smith
Mediaservices Network



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Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 3:15 PM
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Subject: [mv] Displaying the contents of an arbitrary database


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 I've been trying without success to find a way of listing the
 contents of an arbitrary database. The database in question is a list
 of news headlines (like "new product, click here. Pope visits queen,
 click here, etc") that I want to display on the front page of the
 site.

 The database has only three columns: num, date and headline.

 I've tried the following and all have failed:

 [tag each news]
      <p>[loop-field headline]
 [/tag]


 [loop search="ra=yes/ml=9999"]
      <p>[loop-data news headline]
 [/loop]


 [loop search="ra=yes"]
 [sort news:date]
       <p>[loop-field headline]
 [/loop]


 [item-list news]
       <p>[item-field headline]
 [/item-list]


 [item-list]
       <p>[item-data news headline]
 [/item-list]


 I'd also like to be able to limit the number of headlines returned and
 to sort by date in decending order.

Regards,

Chris Wenham

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