[ic] display userdb contents with one-click search (SOLVED)

[interchange-users@icdevgroup.org (Curt Hauge)]

Kevin Walsh said:

> > IC 4.8.5. I want to allow fellow classmates to view
> contact info with
> > each other. I want to use a one-click search, but I can
> not get this
> > code to work. It displays a list of users, but clicking
> on any users'
> > name does not display that username on classmate.html:
> >

[snip some stuff]

> Your config change is not persistent; it applies to that page only.
> Once you click on the search link, a new page is called.  The search
> is attempted (and fails) before your new page code is seen,
> and before
> you have the chance to unset the config.
>
> My suggestion is to change your first page to use something
> like this:
>
> [search-list]
>     <a href="[area href='classmate'
> arg='[item-code]']">[item-code]</a>
>     <br />
> [/search-list]

THANK YOU KEVIN WALSH! I got it to work with this search page:

 [calc]
	    $CGI->{mv_todo} = 'search';
	    $Config->{NoSearch} = '';
[/calc]

[search-region  more=1
                   search="
                   fi=userdb
                   ra=yes
                   ml=200
                   st=db
                  "]

  [search-list]
<a href="[area href='classmate' arg='[item-data userdb
username]']">[item-data userdb username]</a>
    <br>

   [/search-list]
[more-list][more][/more-list]
   [no-match]
       Sorry, no matches for [value mv_searchspec].
   [/no-match]
   [/search-region]

And this on the results page:

[data session arg]

Just like you said!

> Your classmate.html page would unset the NoSearch config, as before,
> and then initiate a userdb search using [data session arg] as the
> username.
>
> Please think about whether you really want to allow userdb searches.

Well, it is a class reunion-type website and everyone wants to be able
to contact others (and I don't actually display their username). I
have instituted some security like requiring a login, not offering a
'new login' (just those classmates on my 'list' are in the database),
and offering each individual to allow only that information they wish
to share (address, phone, fax, and/or email).

Thanks Kevin, and again, thanks to Mike Heins and the developers of
this great product!

Curt Hauge

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