[FX.php List] Google-Like search?

Jonathan Schwartz jschwartz at exit445.com
Sun Nov 30 14:07:26 MST 2008


At 2:56 PM -0600 11/30/08, Derrick Fogle wrote:
>I've used #1, but only when I could have that one combined field 
>indexable (no related data).

Thanks. Perhaps I'll start here.  Think that I will use a different 
layout to return the query data than search it...an fx.php function 
that I have not used yet.  No need to return the mega field.

>  Any possibility you could just leverage Google and let them index 
>your data site?

Huh?

J


>
>On Nov 30, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>
>>Hi Folks,
>>
>>Have been running into web users who don't quite understand the the 
>>"one-search-field-per-data-column" approach that I often implement. 
>>They seem to be wanting for a single filed search, ala Google.
>>
>>I can think of two approaches:
>>	1) Combining fields in FMP and searching this new mega-field. 
>>Could get ugly.
>>	2) Issuing multiple fx.php searched and combining.  This 
>>doesn't smell right, though.
>>
>>Anyone else approached this challenge?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Jonathan
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