[ic] How to send input from a form page to a SQL query page?

[interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com (Kevin Walsh)]

> I am trying to create a search form that will produce a list from a large
> MySQL alternate products table.
>
> In my search page:
>
> <form action="[area results-sqltest]" method=post>
>        <input type=hidden name=mv_session_id value="[data session id]">
>                <INPUT NAME=keyword type=text size=8>
>
> <input type="image" alt="Search Go" width="45" border="0"
src="__THEME_IMG_DIR__go.gif">
>
Let's start with that.

Change your form action to be [process-target] instead of
[area results-sqltest].  Add some more "hidden" <input> directives,
along with your mv_session_id, as follows:

    <input type="hidden" name="mv_nextpage" value="results-sqltest">
    <input type="hidden" name="mv_todo" value="return">

>
> The results-sqltest.html page:
>
>    [query sql="select * from sqltestdatabase
>                where prod_group = 'Toys'
> and category = 'Beanie Baby'
> and description = ??????????  <----WHAT DO I NEED TO PUT HERE FOR IT TO WORK?
>          type=list
>        ml=1000]
>      [list]
>          ...
>      [/list]
>    [/query]
>
Your form value is called "keyword" on the first page, so you can
refer to it as [value keyword] here.  Put it in quotes for the SQL
to be valid.  Following your example:

    [query type=list ml=1000 sql=|
        SELECT  description, category, price
        FROM    sqltestdatabase
        WHERE   prod_group = 'Toys'
        AND     category = 'Beanie Baby'
        AND     description = '[value description]'
    |]
    [list]
        Product: <b>[sql-param description]</b><br>
        <i>Category: [sql-param category]</i>
        Our Price: [currency][sql-param price][/currency]
    [/list]
    [/query]

Hope that helps a bit.

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