R: [Zope] ZSQL "OR" search help

[Fabrizio]

Thanks for your help, but I still do not get it (although I did do some o=
f
the "homework" :-)).

This is my Zsql method's DTML:

select * from presidents
          where <dtml-sqltest name type=3Dstring multiple>

I am using it just from Zope's "test" tab.

How do I input a list of names ?
Where should I add the :list suffix ?

I have read the Zope book and DTML reference, but yet I do not understand=
=2E


Thanks.


Fabrizio C.




-----Messaggio Originale-----
Da: Dieter Maurer <dieter@handshake.de>
A: Fabrizio <facelle@libero.it>
Cc: <zope@zope.org>
Data invio: luned=EC 16 luglio 2001 20.16
Oggetto: Re: [Zope] ZSQL "OR" search help


> Fabrizio writes:
>  > How can I perform a "OR" search on a SQL database field using a web
form ?
>  > ...
>  > Thanks for your help.
> Hmm....
>
> What have you already looked at?
>
>   *  an SQL description?
>   *  the DTML reference?
>   *  the Zope book?
>   *  the HTML spec or a book about HTML?
>   *  URL:http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/zope/book/chap3.html
>
> I think, you should look at some of them. I would call that
> doing your homework...
>
> Some hints:
>
>   *  you need to decide how to collect the OR operands on the
>      web page. Options:
>
>        -  a multiple selection (be sure to add ":list" to the select na=
me)
>        -  a textarea with a ":lines" suffix
>        -  an input field with the ':tokens' suffix
>        -  a string with 'OR' operators
>
>      With the exception of the last option, all will give you a list.
>      For the last option, you must parse the string into a list.
>      If things are simple, you could use "string.split".
>
>   *  you now have a list of search terms.
>      The best way to use it in the SQL statement would
>      probably be "dtml-sqltest multiple".
>      See the DTML reference for details
>
>   *  you will need a Z SQL Method and a Database adapter.
>      Thinks, you learn in the Zope book.
>
>
> Be seeing you after your homework with more concrete questions....
>
>
> Dieter