How to-query to recordset

Question

HI, I'm having a hard time building a locations of service form for users to insert, update the cities, counties, zip codes based on the states selected.
so I found this  query that works great if I use basic  menus and text boxes, but can't use to make comma separated menus because it is nat a record set.
The problem is that I have a table called zip_codes, with the following fields: state_label, Zip_b, county, city.
zip codes correspond to the cities, counties and states.
example:
Colorado,  Colorado Springs, El Paso,  80918
Users make a selection of state or states and the recordset is filtered by user selection.
I manage the part of making a select mutiple drop menu that passes the values to my query page like this.
Choose State(s)
hold Control key to select multiple states
And the query I need to convert into a recordset looks like this
Any way that was my attempt to converting the query into a recordset.
any help, or samples will be appreciated.

Answer 1

JBWebWorks wrote:
> Using PHP want to know how to write the ORDER BY sql
query
> run time value coming from list/menu form field
('sort_menu') and the list
> values are columns from the database
Unfortunately, you can't use the Dreamweaver Recordset dialog
box to set
a table column as a variable. You need to adapt the code by
hand, and
once you do so, the recordset might no longer be recognized
by
Dreamweaver. So, you need to lay out the page first, in case
the
Bindings panel no longer displays the fields from your
recordset.
Start by creating the Recordset without the ORDER BY clause,
and lay out
your page as you want it. When everything is done, add the
following
code at the top of the page:
<?php
// create an array of column names that can be used for the
sort order
$permitted = array('price', 'area');
// check whether the sort_menu variable contains a valid
column name
if (isset($_GET['sort_menu']) &&
in_array($_GET['sort_menu'], $permitted)) {
$sort = $_GET['sort_menu'];
} else {
// set a default column for sorting
$sort = 'price';
?>
This assumes that the columns for sorting are called price
and area.
Change these values to suit your setup.
Now you can add ORDER BY $sort to the SQL in the recordset.
David Powers
Adobe Community Expert, Dreamweaver
http://foundationphp.com