Re: Sorry, but again the alphabet browse...

[Stewart McCullough <stewart@yixing.com>]

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Gideon van Gelder wrote:
> Sorry, but I just checked again and saw, that the entire searchspec is:
> scan/sf=title_file/tf=sort_order/se=ef/sp=showfilms/va=letter_range=E-F

the actual line in my minivend source file is:
[page scan/sf=title_file/tf=sort_order/se=ef/sp=showfilms/va=letter_range=E-F]
	E-F[/page]

which could also be written:
	[page scan
		sf=title_file
		tf=sort_order
		se=ef
		sp=showfilms
		va=letter_range=E-F]E-F[/page]

> can you tell me what the letter_range variable is (the code) and how it
> works with the "sort_order" and the "se=ef".

sf=title_file
	refers to a column in my database called title_file
	in which I store the title of the films.
tf=sort_order
	refers to a column in my database called sort_order.
	I use this field to give me extra control over how films are listed,
	which is often necessary so that films with titles that start with
	"The" don't get alphabetized under "T".
se=ef
	this is the text that I am searching for in the "title_file" column
sp=showfilms
	this is the page on which I want my search results to appear
va=letter_range=E-F
	this is a customer variable that I am setting so that on the search
	results page (showfilms) I can refer to [value letter_range] and 
	have "E-F" appear.

hope this helps,

Stewart
webmaster@arabfilm.com

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