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

[". c . o . r . y . t . r . e . s . e" <digital@frognet.net>]

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try

[loop search="fi=news
ra=yes
ml=999]
[sort news:date]
[loop-data news headline]
[/loop]

hope it works!

cory


On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, you wrote:
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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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