Combine 2 rows into 1 row

Question

Hi,
I'm not sure if this is possible or not, but I have 2 different columns in a display page- 1 for PNR Initials and 1 for BOM  Initials, but when I insert everything into the database, I only have 1  column to handle both the PNR and BOM initials. The way I tell them  apart is with another column that is called Document_Type. If it says  "PNR Req", then I know to output it into the PNR Initials column. If it  says "BOM Req", then I know to outupt it into the BOM Initials column.
      Although the inserting works correctly, the display page does not put  them next to each other since the data is dynamic and it's outputting each column's initials into their own rows. For instance, I updated the PNR Initial to "VP"  and hit the update or insert button and it inserted the PNR Initial  into the database. Then I went back to the display page to insert the  BOM Initial to "AG". It inserted it correctly. But now when I go back to  the display page, there are 2 different rows with the first row that  has the drop down menu in the PNR Column and "AG" in the BOM column. But  then there is another row that has "VP" in the PNR column and the drop  down menu in the BOM column. Since I've updated both columns, it should  just show the PNR Initials under the PNR column once and the BOM Initials under the BOM column once, but all in the same row and not on 2 separate rows. How do I  get it so they show up on the same row? The 2 different rows are indicated by the APVID 5 and 9, but they both are linked to the same item number 5 in the Items table. Here's what my display page  looks like now:
APVID
APV_ItemID
Part_Number
PNR
BOM
5
5
aaa5
Drop Down Menu
AG
9
5
aaa5
VP
Drop Down Menu
It should look like this:
APVID
APV_ItemID
Part_Number
PNR
BOM
5 and 9
5
aaa5
VP
AG
The  APV_ItemID is linked to a column in another table. That table is the  ECO_Items table that has the ItemID column that has all the items. The  info. above for the APV_ItemID and Part number can always all be the  same, but the PNR and BOM columns have to display the correct initals in  each on 1 line. I tried the maxrows and the group function on the output query, but those did  not work. I've also tried some IF statements, but they do not work either. Any other ideas? Is this even possible?Thanks.
Andy

Answer 1

Ilssac or Dan,
         I have tried every possible way with If statements and Or's and And's and I still cannot get this to work exactly right. I think it's because in my database I have a column that says Document_Type. In this column I say whether or not that line item is a PNR Req or a BOM Req. But when I go to output it into a table on the web page, I want it displayed into 2 columns- 1 for PNR and 1 for BOM. I also want it so that if the initials are already in the database, then just output them, and if they aren't then output a drop down menu. I am really close to getting it to work correctly. I have it working so that both the PNR and BOM columns display the initials if they are filled in. I also have it working so that if there are no initials for that line item at all, then output drop down menus. Where I run into the problem is when I have a PNR Initial filled in, but there isn't a BOM initial filled in, and it should display a drop down menu to fill out the BOM initial. This doesn't work though because I have an If statement that says if the Document_Type equals PNR or BOM then output the initial (which it does under the PNR column for instance), else put the drop down. But since I have the Document_Type that says PNR Req for that line item already, it thinks it doesn't need to put the drop down under the BOM column, but I do need it there. I just don't know what else to try with this. Below is what I have for my code, but I just can't get the drop downs to show up in the BOM column if there is a PNR initial filled out already. I've tried keeping both columns separate in my code, but I can't because of the way the database is designed. I can also remove the TD tags, but I still have the same problem with the BOM drop down not showing up if there is a PNR initial in there already. Does this make any sense? Do you guys have any other ideas for me to try? Thanks.
<table width=*% align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0">
<tr>
    <td><B>ECO</B>   </td>
    <!--- <td><B>ECO ItemID</B>   </td> --->
    <td><B>APVID</B>   </td>
    <td><B>APV ItemID</B></td>
    <td><B>Part Number   </B></td>
    <td align="center"><B>PNR</B></td>
    <td align="center"><B>BOM</B></td>
    <!--- <td align="center"><B>Open Jobs Affected</B></td> --->
</tr>
<cfform name="EditItem" method="post" action="Queue_PNR_BOM_action.cfm">
<CFOUTPUT QUERY="PNRBOMSearch" group="ItemID">
<CFOUTPUT group="APV_ItemID">
<tr>
<td>
    <cfif ECID is not "">
    <a href="item_display.cfm?ECID=#ECID#">#ECID#</a>
    <cfelse>
      </cfif></td>
<td>
#APVID#
</td>
<td>
#APV_ItemID#
</td>
<td width="auto">
    <cfif Part_Number Is Not "">
    #Part_Number#
    <cfelse>
      </cfif></td>
<CFOUTPUT>
<cfif Document_Type EQ "PNR Req" or Document_Type EQ "BOM Req">
<td align="center">#Approval_Initials#</td>
<cfelseif Document_Type NEQ "PNR Req" or Document_Type NEQ "BOM Req">
<td align="center">
<select name="PNR_Approval_Initials#ItemID#">
<option value="">PNR Initials</option>
<cfloop query="ShowInitials">
<cfif Engineer_Initials EQ 1>
<option value="#Initials#">#Initials#</option>
</cfif>
</cfloop>
</select>
</td>
<td align="center">
<select name="BOM_Approval_Initials#ItemID#">
<option value="">BOM Initials</option>
<cfloop query="ShowInitials">
<cfif Engineer_Initials EQ 1>
<option value="#Initials#">#Initials#</option>
</cfif>
</cfloop>
</select>
</td>
</cfif>
</cfoutput>
</tr>
</cfoutput>
</cfoutput>
<tr>
<td colspan="4" align="center">
<input type="submit" value="Update"> 
<input type="reset" value="Reset"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<cfoutput>
     <input type="hidden" name="listofids" value="#ValueList(PNRBOMSearch.ItemID)#">
</cfoutput>
</cfform>
andy