Linking to file in site folder using recordset in dynamic table

Question

I have a dynamic, repeating table that lists recordsets from a database.  I would like to add a column to the table that contains a link to a file in a folder contained on the site.  The name of the file used will be the same as one of the recordset value, 'cas_num' (all within the same row of the dynamic table).
My code so far is:
<tr>
          <td nowrap="nowrap"><?php echo $row_Recordset1['id']; ?></td>
          <td width="160" nowrap="NOWRAP"><?php echo $row_Recordset1['cas_num']; ?></td>
          <td nowrap="NOWRAP"><?php echo $row_Recordset1['chem_name']; ?></td>
          <td nowrap="nowrap"><?php echo $row_Recordset1['m_formula']; ?></td>
          <td nowrap="NOWRAP"><?php echo $row_Recordset1['room']; ?></td>
          <td nowrap="NOWRAP"><?php echo $row_Recordset1['location']; ?></td>
          <td nowrap="nowrap"><?php echo $row_Recordset1['inst']; ?></td>
          <td nowrap="nowrap"><?php echo $row_Recordset1['amount']; ?></td>
          <td nowrap="nowrap"><?php echo $row_Recordset1['a_type']; ?></td>
          <td nowrap="nowrap"><?php echo $row_Recordset1['supplier']; ?></td>
          <td nowrap="nowrap"><?php echo $row_Recordset1['pt_num']; ?></td>
          <td nowrap="nowrap"><?php echo '<a href="/docs/MSDS/'$row_Recordset1['cas_num']; ?>'MSDS</a>;</td>
          </tr>
Any help with this how to link to the file would greatly be appreciated!
thanks,
chemsafety.

Answer 1

If you can mount the server on your desktop and have access via the Finder to the file, then you can select the text you'll use for the link and in the link section of the Inspector window select the option for A file. Then in the navigation window, go to the server on the desktop and from there to the file on the server. That's one way to do it.
The other is to figure out the URL for a file on the server. I know how to do it for the iDisk. It would be something like this for another server:
http://server name/your account's folder/the folder containing the file.
You'll have to determine the path to the file. As I said earlier if you can mount the server on the desktop that would let you determine the path or use the first method.
Do you Twango?