Dreamweaver 8 changes in SQL syntax

Question

There seems to be a difference in the way D8 deals with SQL
queries - the code generated differs significantly from previous
versions, and I'm struggling to get it to do what I need.
I have a database with a number of geographical areas for
searching, field names 'area1', 'area2'...'area10' each using a
Boolean field and populated by ticking a checkbox.
I want to create a search results page by filtering the
results based on selecting one of these areas - this is passed as a
URL parameter from a form using a drop-down list which sends the
parameter 'area1' etc., i.e. I want to display all records in which
area1 is ticked by selecting 'area' from the drop-down list.
In MX2004, I had this working fine by using a URL statement
as follows:
SELECT *
FROM Consultants
WHERE MMColParam = -1
where MMColParam is set to Request.QueryString("regionlist")
In D8, there's an additional element to set in the parameter
box of 'type'.
Whatever settings I try, I can't now get this statement to
work. I've tried setting type to 'text' (which seems logical as it
should return something like 'Area1'), and have tried matching the
return with as many variations of Bollean 'True' as I can think of
(text 'True', numeric '1', '-1' etc.), but nothing seems to work.
Can anybody point me in the right direction for solving this
problem? Many thanks!

Answer 1

DW 8.02 uses actual parameters for your recordset parameters,
so passing
object (table, column, procedure, view, etc) names via a
recordset parameter
from the GUI dialog box is not possible.
You'll have to alter the query yourself. You can simply
concatenate the
column name with the rest of the SQL. You'll of course want
to take care of
all the security holes this introduces into your workflow
(those holes exist
under 8.01 and earlier, too).
"Richard Gray" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> There seems to be a difference in the way D8 deals with
SQL queries - the
> code
> generated differs significantly from previous versions,
and I'm struggling
> to
> get it to do what I need.
>
> I have a database with a number of geographical areas
for searching, field
> names 'area1', 'area2'...'area10' each using a Boolean
field and populated
> by
> ticking a checkbox.
>
> I want to create a search results page by filtering the
results based on
> selecting one of these areas - this is passed as a URL
parameter from a
> form
> using a drop-down list which sends the parameter 'area1'
etc., i.e. I want
> to
> display all records in which area1 is ticked by
selecting 'area' from
> the
> drop-down list.
>
> In MX2004, I had this working fine by using a URL
statement as follows:
>
> SELECT *
> FROM Consultants
> WHERE MMColParam = -1
>
> where MMColParam is set to
Request.QueryString("regionlist")
>
> In D8, there's an additional element to set in the
parameter box of
> 'type'.
>
> Whatever settings I try, I can't now get this statement
to work. I've
> tried
> setting type to 'text' (which seems logical as it should
return something
> like
> 'Area1'), and have tried matching the return with as
many variations of
> Bollean
> 'True' as I can think of (text 'True', numeric '1', '-1'
etc.), but
> nothing
> seems to work.
>
> Can anybody point me in the right direction for solving
this problem? Many
> thanks!
>