[FX.php List] Saving/Exporting records from search results

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

If you have linebreaks in a key field it will function as a logical or
between the values.

2008/1/26, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen <ggt667 at gmail.com>:
> So you do not know how FileMaker works with linebreaks? You do not
> have to do any scripting the way I told you to do it.
>
> 2008/1/26, Jonathan Schwartz <jschwartz at exit445.com>:
> > Thanks ggt...
> >
> > ...but I'm not sure that this will work for me.  The steps you
> > suggest appears to create a single record with a single field full of
> > recids.....for later processing to explode the recids?
> >
> > I need the discreet records immediately.
> >
> > The application is one where users will build a list of records for
> > generating an email campaign. They might perform several additions to
> > the second table, and then need to prune it until satisfied.
> >
> > Was your idea for a script to run immediately afterward to explode
> > the single record?
> >
> > J
> >
> >
> >
> > At 10:31 PM +0100 1/26/08, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
> > >Or even better do the same thing and use "\n", $tmp and use a
> > >relationship to undig the data after, like this, but then you can not
> > >do the recids from your current found set, but a key that fits your
> > >relationship:
> > >---
> > >unset( $tmp );
> > >foreach( $r['data'] as $k => $v ) {
> > >$tmp[] = $value['commonlyUsedKeyForThisRecordInThisTable'][0];
> > >}
> > >$query->AddDBParam( 'recids', implode( "\n", $tmp) );
> > >---
> > >This will be the simplest way I assume, I typed this just off the top
> > >of my head, so it's not tested but the method should really work.
> > >
> > >2008/1/26, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen <ggt667 at gmail.com>:
> > >>  I would do the following, in theory, make a table called SearchResults,
> > >>
> > >>  searchResultID, autoincrement by one
> > >>  recids, text
> > >>
> > >>  Then I would do
> > >>  ---
> > >>  unset( $tmp );
> > >>  foreach( $r['data'] as $k ) {
> > >>  list($recid,$modid) = explode( '.', $k );
> > >>  $tmp[] = $recid;
> > >>  }
> > >>  $query->AddDBParam( 'recids', implode( ',', $tmp) );
> > >>  ---
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>  2008/1/26, Jonathan Schwartz <jschwartz at exit445.com>:
> > >>  > Hi Folks,
> > >>  >
> > >>  > This is a scaled-down repeat of a post from earlier this week.  I
> > >>  > didn't get any replies to that post, and I'm still seeking a solution.
> > >>  >
> > >>  > In short, I need to be able to export the records from a
> > >>  > user-generated query into a second table. I have tried 2 methods.
> > >>  > One is slow. The other doesn't work.
> > >>  >
> > >>  > #1: Run a php script to loop through each record with FMNew. It took
> > >>  > over a minute to generate 1200 records and pegs the meter. This is
> > >>  > with the fields reduced to just the record ID.
> > >>  >
> > >>  > #2: Run a script to have FMP export the records and then import into
> > >>  > the second db.  I now realize that this won't work because neither
> > >>  > Export or Import are Web Compatible.
> > >>  >
> > >>  > So I'm back to #1... or another method I haven't thought of yet.
> > >>  >
> > >>  > Any suggestions?
> > >>  >
> > >>  > Jonathan
> > >>  >
> > >>  >
> > >>  > --
> > >>  > Jonathan Schwartz
> > >>  > Exit 445 Group
> > >>  > jonathan at exit445.com
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