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

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Are you saying that if FMP is supplied with a single record with a 
single field that contains line breaks (during a New Record step), it 
will spawn a new record for each line break?

I can't wrap my head around that one.

Thx.

Jonathan



At 10:53 PM +0100 1/26/08, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>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
>>  > >>  >
>>  > >>  >
>>  > >>  > --
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