[FX.php List] FoundCount FMAS 7 vs FM 6

[Dale Bengston]

Hi Kim and Michael,

I use $search_results['errorCode']  = 401 to trap for no records found.

Hope this helps,
Dale

On Nov 15, 2005, at 5:27 PM, Michael Layne wrote:

> Kim,
>
> I haven't spent a ton of time finding out WHY, but I found the same  
> thing when I started to migrate my applications, and I did exactly  
> what you proposed, works fine.
>
> When I'm authenticating a user, I just use :
>
> if ($r['foundCount'] == 1) {
>     //all is fine
> } else {
>     // no user found...
> }
>
>
> otherwise:
>
> if ($r['foundCount'] <= 0) {
> ...
>
> On Nov 15, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Kim Hawksworth wrote:
>
>> I’m in the process of converting my FX.php applications from FM 6  
>> to FMAS 7.  I typically use the following code at the start of my   
>> search results pages:
>>
>>
>> <?php
>>
>> If ($search_results[‘foundCount’] == 0) {
>>
>> echo “No Results Found!”;
>>
>> }else{
>>
>> Display table of results;
>>
>> }
>>
>> ?>
>>
>> In FMSA 7 this returns an empty table of results instead of the  
>> “No Results Found!” statement.  If I put an echo $search_results 
>> [‘foundCount’]; statement on the page, FMSA 7 returns a  -1  
>> instead of 0 when it finds no records matching the search  
>> criteria.  Is there a way to force FMSA 7 to return 0 instead of -1?
>>
>> I suppose I could change the criteria of the if statement to  <=  
>> 0, however, this just doesn’t seem right.  Has anyone else come  
>> across this difference in the [‘foundCounts’] function between the  
>> two versions and what have you done as a workaround?
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Kim D. Hawksworth, R.Ph., Web Manager
>> Department of Pharmacy
>> The Ohio State University Health System
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>
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