Re: [mv] MN4--Headache with interpolation on results page (bribes for help available)

[Eric Paul <epaul@spellbook.net>]

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One thing I had to do to get interpolation within area tags to work was to use

[area href="[whatever tags i want interpolated]"] as opposed to just plain 
[area[tags]] tags.  Check the docs on the [area] tag for full documentation 
if you're not familiar with the "long-form" syntax of [area].  If this 
still doesn't work, drop me a line and I'll see if I can be of any more help.

Eric

At 02:06 PM 10/9/00, you wrote:
>******    message to minivend-users from Tim Murphy 
><tjmurphy@videotron.ca>     ******
>
>Hi (and sigh) all,
>
>This seems like it *should* be so simple that I must be missing something. 
>I have 4 databases
>and in the search string created for a given category in the 
>leftside  file I include the
>name of the database using "va=dbname=tbooks.txt" (tbooks.txt being one of 
>the databases).
>This results in the following URL:
>
>http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/cgi-bin/xxxxxxxxx/scan/se=general/fi=tbooks%2etxt/va=dbname%3dtbooks%2etxt/sf=category/ml=3.html?id=CIU47kWq
>
>This works OK. I get a results page that accurately reflects the number of 
>entries (i.e.
>"Matches1-5 of 15 found") for the chosen category but all the data fields 
>on the results page
>(title, artist, comment, etc. etc.) simply contain my un-interpolated MML 
>tags. To wit (using
>title as an example):
>
>In results.html I have a representative line:
>
><A HREF="[area [item-data [value dbname interpolate=1] sku]]">[item-data 
>[value dbname
>interpolate=1] title]</A>
>
>[value dbname interpolate=1] evaluates correctly to "tbooks.txt" by itself 
>(I tried it on the
>page and it comes up fine). Yet the result of this as seen on the results 
>page returned to my
>browser is:
>
>http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/cgi-bin/xxxxxx/scan/sf=title/se=%5bitem%2ddata%20%5bvalue%20dbname%20interpolate%3d1%5d%20title%5d.html?id=CIU47kWq
>
>In other words, after converting the URL excaping, I see:
>
>"[item-date [value dbname interpolate=1] title] " instead of the 
>actual  title.
>
>I have tried everything I can think of, changing where I add the 
>interpolate=1, using named
>attributes, putting quotes around different areas. Nothing I do seems to 
>make Minivend
>interpolate the dbname variable and then use that as the database 
>specification for the
>item-data tag.  How the heck can I automate the results page to not use 
>the default
>products.txt database? Having to manually type the database specification 
>for the different
>item-data tags (in effect, creating separate results.html pages) defeats 
>the purpose of MML!
>
>I am stumped, and will gladly bribe someone with leftover turkey for any 
>help (it's
>Thanskgiving up here in Canada :^) ),
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tim
>
>
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