Linking to a detail page

Question

I have the letters A to Z in a master page and would like to
link to a
detail page, where all companies are displayed whose names
begin with A,
or B depending which letter the user has clicked.
On the detail page (compdetail.php) I have that code:
$query_rsCompanies = sprintf("SELECT id, name FROM
tblcompanies WHERE
name LIKE %s", GetSQLValueString($colname_rsCompanies . "%",
"text"));
But how do I link from the master page to that detail page?
I have as example for the letter "p" <a
href="compdetail.php?name=colname">p</a>, but that
doesn't work - I
fear, the link is ridiculous, sorry :(
Could someone point me the right way?
Thank you
Leo

Answer 1

On 13 May 2008 in macromedia.dreamweaver.appdev, Leolux
wrote:
> I have the letters A to Z in a master page and would
like to link to
> a detail page, where all companies are displayed whose
names begin
> with A, or B depending which letter the user has
clicked.
>
> On the detail page (compdetail.php) I have that code:
> $query_rsCompanies = sprintf("SELECT id, name FROM
tblcompanies
> WHERE name LIKE %s",
GetSQLValueString($colname_rsCompanies . "%",
> "text"));
>
> But how do I link from the master page to that detail
page?
> I have as example for the letter "p" <a
> href="compdetail.php?name=colname">p</a>, but
that doesn't work - I
> fear, the link is ridiculous, sorry :(
>
> Could someone point me the right way?
Since you're using PHP, I'll assume MySQL.
The link winds up looking like:
<a href="compdetail.php?name=p">p</a>
Then the SQL winds up looking like:
SELECT id, name FROM tblcompanies WHERE LEFT(name,1) = asdf
ORDER BY
name ASC
You'll use the Advanced screen in the recordset definition.
In the
parameter box, you'll add asdf; default value is A and
runtime value is
$_GET['name']
You can even generate a dataset for the master page with the
first
initials of all the companies:
SELECT DISTINCT LEFT(name) AS initial FROM tblcompanies ORDER
BY
initial ASC
Joe Makowiec
http://makowiec.net/
Email:
http://makowiec.net/contact.php