[FX.php List] code help

Jonathan Schwartz jonathan at eschwartz.com
Fri Sep 1 20:47:23 MDT 2006


Gary,

Welcome to fx.php.

I used to be the resident beginner.

Jonathan



At 3:38 AM +0100 9/2/06, Gary Redmond wrote:
>Jonathan,
>
>I'm really new to PHP but i'll give it a go, 
>infact I've never written a php script before.
>
>Yep previous problem is solved, in the web 
>publishing engine for the option to specify the 
>location of the filemaker server I used a 
>hostname and all worked fine when I used the ip 
>address here - not sure why really strange cause 
>the hostname definetly maps to the ip address.
>
>
>  Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>>Gary,
>>
>>In the Dale Bengstrom tradition ;-), I would he 
>>happy to explain how I would do it...but you 
>>have to do the coding yourself.
>>
>>In the target page:
>>     1) Perform the find based on the studentnumber.
>>     2) Detect the number of records found
>>     3) With "if/else" statements, control the next step:
>>         - if count = 0>>No record exists>>create record
>>         - count = 1 >>record exists>>display recrod
>>         - count >1>> you've got a problem
>>
>>
>>Taka shot at the scripting, and I'd be happy to help.
>>
>>Jonathan
>>
>>PS...Did you solve the previous problem?
>>
>>
>>At 9:01 PM +0100 9/1/06, Gary Redmond wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Just wondering if someone can help me I have a 
>>>form where students enter their student 
>>>number. When this is submitted I would like 
>>>the database to be searched for the student 
>>>number, if it found it should give a message 
>>>saying You are already registered otherwise it 
>>>should create a new record with that student 
>>>number and display a form for the rest of the 
>>>details (0bviously I can code the form myself 
>>>but how do i do the rest)
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Erik Andreas Cayré wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Den 01/09/2006 kl. 17.01 skrev gerry.charest at agfa.com:
>>>>
>>>>>Thanks for your post Erik and Dale but, when 
>>>>>all else fails RTFM. I  found this in the 
>>>>>FMSA8-Web-Installation manual.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I couldn't have said it any better... I stand corrected!
>>>>
>>>>>Installing plug-ins for the Web Publishing Engine
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>...
>>>>
>>>>>I added a copy of the plug-in to the 
>>>>>specified location and  restarted the 
>>>>>service and Life is good again!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for putting the solution on the list, so we may all learn...!
>>>>
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>>>>-- Albert Einstein
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>>Jonathan Schwartz
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>>Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance
>>Schwartz & Company
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