Dreamweaver/ php recordsets

Hello,
I have a query which find featured products from the
database. There are three in total. These products are then
displayed in little boxes on the site, each with a different
background colour. Usually, I would just repeat the region to show
each product, but the background colour wouldnt change then.
What I wanted to do, was to say something like 'if this is
row 1, then use this colour as the background to the box, if its
row two, use this colour.. and so on.
Im ok at php, but by no means an expert so i need a bit of
help on this one! any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks :)

MissKristy wrote:
> I have a query which find featured products from the
database. There are three
> in total. These products are then displayed in little
boxes on the site, each
> with a different background colour. Usually, I would
just repeat the region to
> show each product, but the background colour wouldnt
change then.
Create three style rules in your style sheet. Name them
product1,
product2, and product3.
Just ahead of the repeat region code, insert this little code
block
outside the do... while loop:
<?php $counter = 1; ?>
Then inside the repeat region itself, use the counter to
build three
unique IDs for the rows:
<tr id="product<?php echo $counter++; ?>">...
</tr>
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

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"northpawjustice" <[email protected]> wrote
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news:e61l7s$pni$[email protected]..
> When I create a recordset in php it creats a function
GetSQLValueString,
> which
> I assume is normal, the problem occurs when I want to
edit that Recordset
> every
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> forth.
> Deleting the extra functions fixes the problem but it's
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> I have a simple php file that generates an xml file.
When I save this file and
> close it, dreamweaver changes some of the formatting
when I reopen the file.
> Specifically, dreamweaver de-capitalizes some of the
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>
> Example:
>
> The code:
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> </PickupType>';
>
> is converted to
>
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>
> after the file is saved, closed, and reopened. Note the
Code tag has been
> chanced to code, which breaks the API I'm working with.
This xml is always
> within php code as above as I've been using it..
>
> This happens on several fields, Code and Address so far,
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> same fields every time, no matter the document, or how
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"fused" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In Dreamweaver 8, when I go to set up a recordset, in
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> box,
> the "table" dropdown box indicates a path to the table
in the database
> instead
> of listing all the tables in the database.
> ie
>
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>
> This did not happen to me in any previous Dreamweaver
from UltraDev to
> MX2004.
>
> What do I do to configure Dreamweaver (or possibly
Coldfusion) to show the
> tables of the database in the table dialog box instead
of the path?
>
> The SQL should look like this:
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>
> Not this:
>
> <cfquery datasource="mannsphotos">
> UPDATE
>
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> SET Subject=
>
> Your help is greatly appreciated
> Thank you,
> Barry
>
>

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I am so far out on the limb of my techno capability that if I
even think of leaning forward I will fall into the abyss.
Am using Dreamweaver MX 2004 to create PHP
view/add/update/delete forms to connect to a MySQL 5.0 database
hosted by HotZona.com. Use PhpMyAdmin to set up and define the
tables (about 20 tables). All of the work I have done so far has
been done inside of Dreamweaver MX 2004. Have not modified or
inserted any original code in any of the Php files generated so
far.
Have been able to setup view/add/update/delete forms for each
table. That took me some time and a major learning curve. Oh, and
that was after spending a month figuring out what happened to the
DW connection to the MySQL database.
Some of the tables are lists to be used as lists in other
tables. That is where I am now stumped.
I can set up (useing DW) an add form for a table that uses
another table for a list in one field. It shows properly in the add
form. But, when you look in the table using PhpMyAdmin, the field
in the table does not contain the value of the list item selected.
I've made a couple more changes so I may have licked this one.
But, I cannot figure out how to use DW to pull up the
sub-list value in vew, update or delete forms. Any suggestions on
how to do this in DW or do I have to write the code independent of
DW?
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Mike Garey

hi ,
you can always try the macromedia devnet sites , they have
ongoing tutorials and discussions on all areas, including php with
dreamweaver8.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/topics/php.html
be aware though that some of the tutorials require the use of
third party php extensions, like interakt products, which is a
shame because most of them are expensive to buy. But they are still
worth a read.
hope this is some help.
ted.

Dreamweaver PHP/mySQL poll problem?

Hi,
I'm a PHP/mySQL noob who's using some of Dreamweaver's 8
(8.2) out-of-box Update server behaviors to update a database of
results for a poll. I know there's a lot of free polling apps out
there but I need to have the poll show up in another page as
opposed to being refreshed/displayed in the same page/content area.
I've successfully built the backend in phpMyAdmin and I'm
able to list the database contents and do basic updates to the poll
questions and answers. However, I've been unable to pass an
incremented result value via a Dreamweaver radio button group
(which is the normal poll format) without previous unselected
results being overwritten.
When an answer is selected the result is indeed incremented
and is displayed in the Result Listing but unfortunately it also
overwrites any preexisting data for that poll and replaces it with
zero. For example:
Question:
Answer a) 0
Answer b) 0
Answer c) 1 (this would be the value that was selected)
Answer d) 0
If c is selected again the value is stored and incremented
and the value is now 2. However, if that value is not selected,
then another value is incremented and c would be wiped. I've even
resorted to trying to use javascript to maintain the original state
but to no avail I was just previously incrementing the inline php
radio button value and/or assigning different names to each of the
radio buttons. This, of course, allows people to select multiple
values which runs contrary to the whole idea behind radio buttons,
but I thought I'd see if that worked . Anyway, when the radio group
is assigned the same value it merely increments everything.
example:
http://www.dailydatum.com/funFacts/funFactsListingSingleUpdate15.php
As you can see, i'm up to version 15 and gritting me teeth,
lol. Any help would be mighty appreciated.
Mario

hi ,
you can always try the macromedia devnet sites , they have
ongoing tutorials and discussions on all areas, including php with
dreamweaver8.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/topics/php.html
be aware though that some of the tutorials require the use of
third party php extensions, like interakt products, which is a
shame because most of them are expensive to buy. But they are still
worth a read.
hope this is some help.
ted.

Help with Mac Dreamweaver PHP

Well, I finally have PHP embedded within HTML working however the directory structure is totally confusing me. I place files is /MAMP/htdocs and yet nothing works unless I add /MAMP/htdocs/htdocs and place the index and other php files ALSO in there. I must open the ones in /MAP/htdocs and yet when I run them using my test server the files in /MAMP/htdocs/htdocs are the ones that are actually used.
My configuration in SITES is
Test Server
local/network
/Applciations/MAMP/
http://localhost:8888/
I would appreciate help understanding how to properly configure DreamWeaver SITE so that I can place all files in the MAMP/htdocs directory and eliminate the reducntant one.
Thanks,
Rick

If you're using MAMP, your DW local site folder should be something like this:
/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/sitename
Because htdocs is the default folder MAMP routes to as localhost. Whatever site you have within htdocs folder will be suffixed with localhost in your browser for testing.
For example, your site files (working files) can be put in a folder and that folder should be placed within 'htdocs' folder in MAMP Application folder.
Say, you have a folder called 'test' containing index.php and this folder is placed within htdocs, your DW local site folder will be:
/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/test
To check this in browser, you'll simply enter
http://localhost:8888/test
This will run the index.php file within test folder by default.
Your testing server can be the same as 'localhost:8888/test' for the site.
If you want your Remote FTP also configured, enter your webhost's details and get that configured.
-ST

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