Re: Can minivend go directly to flypage when the search returns only one item?

[Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>]

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On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, David Ekholm wrote:
> Thanks, Birgitt, for your suggestion.  I agree, if I only want to search by
> ISBN, then what you suggested will work.  But I also want to be able to
> search using title and author keywords.  If a particular book exists in more
> than one format, the result of the search should be a list - paperback,
> hardcover, large print, etc.  However, if the book only exists in one
> format, then I don't need to see a list containing one book.  It would be
> better if I'm zapped right to the flypage for that book.  As I said, that is
> what Amazon does, and it actually makes a lot of sense for any product, it
> doesn't just apply to books.

Don't have the code for you but I'd put both the normal results
code and the flypage code into a single page wrapped with an
if that test the value of mv_search_match_count

Dan
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