[FX.php List] Stupid Find Question
DC
dan.cynosure at dbmscan.com
Wed Dec 29 12:07:10 MST 2004
Ok, I assume you are talking about FMSA7... right?
As we all may know, FMP6 CWP can handle "-or" searches on the same field.
Thanks for the follow up!
I haven't moved to 7 yet and this is behavior I consider a bug.
Has anyone heard why this limitation is in place?
dan
Marisa Smith wrote:
> I FINALLY had a chance to work on this again today and Greg is correct - the
> scenarios listed below function as described. What finally worked for me is
> Greg's original suggestion of a scripted pre-sort to get the related records
> and display them. Unfortunately, I also want to do some additional
> filtering of the records (like show unit ids 15 and 20, whose status is
> ACTIVE), which will require additional scripting because you can't just add
> additional search parameters onto the original request once we do it this
> way.
>
> Thanks again to everyone who assisted and commented. Now we just have to
> convince Filemaker to allow -or searches on the same field!!
>
> Marisa
>
>
> On 12/21/2004 5:32 PM, "Greg Lane" <glane at moyergroup.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Unless there is some undocumented syntax, I don't think there is a way
>>to make -lop work for multiple inputs for the same field. I tested the
>>following examples on Windows and Mac OS X versions of FMSA 7.0v3.
>>
>>These each return one record with the corresponding CityID:
>>
>>http://192.168.0.100/fmi/xml/fmresultset.xml?-db=City&-lay=City-
>>Web&CityID=C62&-find
>>
>>http://192.168.0.100/fmi/xml/fmresultset.xml?-db=City&-lay=City-
>>Web&CityID=C70&-find
>>
>>This returns two records, one with CityID=C62 and one with City=Nixa:
>>
>>http://192.168.0.100/fmi/xml/fmresultset.xml?-db=City&-lay=City-
>>Web&CityID=C62&City=Nixa&-lop=or&-find
>>
>>These return 401 errors (No records match the request):
>>
>>http://192.168.0.100/fmi/xml/fmresultset.xml?-db=City&-lay=City-
>>Web&CityID=C62&CityID=C70&-lop=or&-find
>>
>>http://192.168.0.100/fmi/xml/fmresultset.xml?-db=City&-lay=City-
>>Web&CityID=C62&-lop=or&CityID=C70&-find
>>
>>http://192.168.0.100/fmi/xml/fmresultset.xml?-db=City&-lay=City-
>>Web&CityID=C&CityID=A&-lop=or&-find
>>
>>These return all records where CityID begins with C:
>>
>>http://192.168.0.100/fmi/xml/fmresultset.xml?-db=City&-lay=City-
>>Web&CityID=C&CityID=C&-lop=and&-find
>>
>>http://192.168.0.100/fmi/xml/fmresultset.xml?-db=City&-lay=City-
>>Web&CityID=C&CityID=C&-lop=or&-find
>>
>>http://192.168.0.100/fmi/xml/fmresultset.xml?-db=City&-lay=City-
>>Web&CityID=C&CityID=&-lop=or&-find
>>
>>http://192.168.0.100/fmi/xml/fmresultset.xml?-db=City&-lay=City-
>>Web&CityID=&CityID=C&-lop=or&-find
>>
>>These return error -1 (Unknown error):
>>
>>http://192.168.0.100/fmi/xml/fmresultset.xml?-db=City&-lay=City-
>>Web&CityID.0=C62&-lop=or&CityID.0=C70&-find
>>
>>http://192.168.0.100/fmi/xml/fmresultset.xml?-db=City&-lay=City-
>>Web&CityID.1=C62&-lop=or&CityID.2=C70&-find
>>
>>
>>On Dec 21, 2004, at 8:55 AM, Chris Hansen wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Using '-lop' should work. Keep in mind that this sets the operator
>>>for the ENTIRE search. One of the limitations that FM built into cwp
>>>is that only one operator can be used per search. I'd suspect
>>>something else is going on. I'd like to look at the rest of the code.
>>>
>>>Also, there has been some talk of a search for '1' returning
>>>'10,1000,150' and so on. I'm not sure if this has already been
>>>mentioned, but keep in mind that this is only the case that you're
>>>using a text field to store numbers. If you search for '1' in a field
>>>defined as a number field, only records with '1' in that field (and
>>>nothing else) will be returned.
>>>
>>>HTH
>>>
>>>--Chris Hansen
>>> creator of FX.php
>>> "The best way from FileMaker to the Web."
>>> www.iViking.org
>>>
>>>On Dec 20, 2004, at 8:54 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>So does anyone have a resolution to Marisa's original question of
>>>>"or" searches for two user inputs in the same field? Short of Steve's
>>>>back-end scripting conclusion?
>>>>
>>>>Dale
>>>>--
>>>>Dale Bengston | Streamline Studio, LLC |
>>>>dbengston at streamline-studio.com
>>>>Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance
>>>>
>>>>On Dec 20, 2004, at 4:15 PM, Michael Layne wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I'm glad to have read this. I had a suggestion on dealing with '@',
>>>>>using PHP 'str_replace' function and when I saw Chris' solution [],
>>>>>I immediately tried it thinking I over-thought things, but it didn't
>>>>>work for me. I thought I was missing something.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks for clarification.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Dec 20, 2004, at 3:20 PM, DC wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi Milos,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks for catching that one! I apologize for misleading the list
>>>>>>with my untested suppositions! Further comments and test reports
>>>>>>inline below...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Milos Vukotic wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>If this is true:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Chris Hansen wrote:
>>>>>>>>A tip on doing finds with FX.php: finds via FX work the same
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>way that they do in FileMaker. So characters like '@' and '*'
>>>>>>>which are
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>wildcards in FM, are also wildcards when you search via FX.php.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When doing a login, an excellent options is to add quotes around
>>>>>>>your
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>parameter like this (using a modified version of the example
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>below):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>$query->AddDBParam('email_password', '"' . $user . $pass . '"');
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I would rather say instead of
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>resulting string sent to filemaker field find request:
>>>>>>>>="100"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>that resulting string sent to filemaker field find request:
>>>>>>>=100
>>>>>>>Correct me if I am wrong, or I am missing something?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Yes, on the correction you offer to this syntax point, you are
>>>>>>right; my placing of double-quotes was wrong. FX does not in fact
>>>>>>place double-quotes around a search term.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>However, I tested the code below to determine if your guess would
>>>>>>pan out... and ...this code will not find the spurious records as
>>>>>>you opine it might:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Milos Vukotic wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I would guess that you'll get for $num_ser = 1
>>>>>>>>>all this records:
>>>>>>>>>1,11,12,13..,101,...,1000,...,10000,...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>Milos Vukotic
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>DC wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I've gotten this code to work without a problem:
>>>>>>>>>>foreach ($FK_array as $num_ser)
>>>>>>>>>>{
>>>>>>>>>> $request->AddDBParam ('num_serial', $num_ser, 'eq');
>>>>>>>>>>}
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>// tell FMP/FX to do an OR search
>>>>>>>>>>$request-> AddDBParam ('-lop', 'or');
>>>>>>>>>>// call the find action
>>>>>>>>>>$result_array = $request-> FMFind();
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>For example, a record with num_serial 250 is not found in a search
>>>>>>for record with num_serial 25.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hope that clears the issue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Best,
>>>>>>dan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Cheers,
>>>>>>>Milos Vukotic
>>>>>>>DC wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The way I understand it (and what I have seen on the web database
>>>>>>>>by doing a Find Again and looking at what is sitting in the
>>>>>>>>field) the 'eq' parameter wraps the data sent to the find request
>>>>>>>>like so:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>data sent to FX:
>>>>>>>>$request->AddDBParam ('num_serial', '100', 'eq');
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>resulting string sent to filemaker field find request:
>>>>>>>>="100"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>When you do a search with the equals sign, you don't get 1000 or
>>>>>>>>10000, you just get 100.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Correct me if your tests show anything different.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Not sure if you know this, but a neat trick to get the even
>>>>>>>>stricter == find request to work is to prepend the equals sign
>>>>>>>>to the search term and use the 'eq' param.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>$strict_eq_search = '=' . '100';
>>>>>>>>$request->AddDBParam ('num_serial', $strict_eq_search, 'eq');
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>This allows you to do what filemaker calls 'Field content match'
>>>>>>>>as opposed to the 'eq' param which only does a (so-called) 'Exact
>>>>>>>>match'.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I'm using an older FX version, has field content match been added
>>>>>>>>as a paramter option to a new version?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Best,
>>>>>>>>dan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Milos Vukotic wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I would guess that you'll get for $num_ser = 1
>>>>>>>>>all this records:
>>>>>>>>>1,11,12,13..,101,...,1000,...,10000,...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>Milos Vukotic
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>DC wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I've gotten this code to work without a problem:
>>>>>>>>>>foreach ($FK_array as $num_ser)
>>>>>>>>>>{
>>>>>>>>>> $request->AddDBParam ('num_serial', $num_ser, 'eq');
>>>>>>>>>>}
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>// tell FMP/FX to do an OR search
>>>>>>>>>>$request-> AddDBParam ('-lop', 'or');
>>>>>>>>>>// call the find action
>>>>>>>>>>$result_array = $request-> FMFind();
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Another thing to check is make sure that you're talking to the
>>>>>>>>>>right layout (one that has the fields you wish to search on). I
>>>>>>>>>>see 401 errors all the time when I make a typo in the layout
>>>>>>>>>>name.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>DC
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Marisa Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>OK, I KNOW I should know how to do this, but I can't figure it
>>>>>>>>>>>out
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I need to find all records whose unitid=15 OR whose
>>>>>>>>>>>unitid=20
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>In Filemaker client, I can do this with a 'new request', but I
>>>>>>>>>>>don't know
>>>>>>>>>>>the equivalent in XML. I tried this:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> $AAHRPPDocQuery->AddDBParam("unitid","15");
>>>>>>>>>>> $AAHRPPDocQuery->AddDBParam("-lop","or");
>>>>>>>>>>> $AAHRPPDocQuery->AddDBParam("unitid","20");
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>But I end up with an error 401.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>What am I missing here? Or am I trying to do the impossible?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>>Marisa
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>>>>>>>>>>>DataSmith Consulting, LLC
>>>>>>>>>>>667 Kuehnle Street
>>>>>>>>>>>Ann Arbor, MI 48103
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