[Zope] Returning database results similar to google search

[Andreas Jung]

Get the PloneBatch module from Plone. It runs also outside Zope
and it does exactly what you want. PloneBatch is well documented (check 
plone.org).

-aj

--On Freitag, 5. Dezember 2003 15:12 Uhr -0500 Lyz at PrincessLeia.com wrote:

> I'm fairly new to Zope, I have been searching for a number of hours on
> my most recent dilemma.
>
> I have a database that's full of information I'd like to return. I
> created a Z SQL method to select * from table, and using <dtml-in ...> I
> can return all the results I need, but there are too many.
>
> I'd like to only show 5 at a time, then have a links at the bottom so
> you can jump to database results 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, etc (much like at the
> bottom of a google results page). I need these links to be generated
> dynamically (the database grows weekly), dependent on how many results I
> have from the database. I have come up with a number of ideas, but they
> are primarily "unsuccessful hacks" ...  is there a good "Zopeish way" I
> can accomplish this, or at least point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks.