[ic] Brand Listing

[interchange-users@icdevgroup.org (Ed LaFrance)]

At 01:54 PM 8/5/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>Dear List,
>
>I am working on a catalog running on interchange 4.8 and added a field
>(brand) in the products table. Everything is working as should. My client
>needs a list of the brands available in a particular area (selected).
>
>First I make a search for the areas:
>
>  [page brand]
>         <b>Search for available brand names in</b>
>
>                   <select name=search1>
>                   [loop option=area search="
>                         fi=area
>                         sf=which_page
>                         se=all
>                         rf=code, name
>                         tf=name
>                         sp=brand
>                    "]
>         <option value = "[loop-data area name]" > [loop-data area name]
></option>
>                   [/loop]
>                   </select>
>   areas.
>[/page]

Unless you have left out a lot of code, I don't see how this link/selector 
combination could possibly work the way it appears you want it to. Perhaps 
that is the problem.

- Ed L.


>When the user select the area will be sent to the result page 'brand':
>
>Brand Names found online for
>[cgi mv_searchspec]
>
><br>
>  [loop search="
>                     fi=products
>                     se=[cgi mv_searchspec]
>                     sf=prod_group
>                     rf=sku, brand
>                     un=1
>                     tf=brand
>                     ml=1000
>             "]
><option value="[loop-data products brand]"> [loop-data products brand]
></option>
>  <br>
>            [/loop]
><br>
><hr>
><br>
>    <H3>Other Brand Names that we stock:</H3>
><br>
><table............
>
>This code will list all brand names and not making the search with the
>selected area name, I tried many different combinations to convert
>mv_searchspec to a string from the information found online and in mailing
>lists but with no success. Also I cannot figure out how to display only one
>match when more than one brand of the same name is found.
>
>Well done to all those who in some way or another helped in producing this
>product.
>
>Ronald Camilleri
>
>
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