Search with multiple criteria

Question

I have searched high and low on the internet o find a way to
do a search through multple fields but the more I lookthe more i
get confused. here is the problem. i want to do a search where the
user can input a data element and select the matching type and
display he results.below is the code that i have for my search
page, but I am confused about the more important parts of the fom -
the actual search variables.
If you look t the code below you see that I have a test field
named "recordID" and a drop down list named "select".
I want to dispay the results in which 'recordID' looks in
table thatis equal to 'select'.
an example of what I want is at the following link.
http://www.phpscriptsearch.com/

Answer 1

DizzDizzy wrote:
> I went to
http://www.webassist.com/professional/products/productdetails=
=2Easp?PID=3D117&CouponID=3Dss2008&RID=3D590&WAAID=3D92
> but i could not find the solution there
Hi Dizz:
Under the banner you'll find links for Overview, Features,
System=20
Requirements, Support. When you click on the Features link,
the MooFX=20
Accordian javascript class runs to update the content on the
page. The=20
bullet points are clickable to similarly update the content
on the page. =
Click on the bullet point "Pro search and sort enhancements"
and read=20
the paragraph at the bottom under the screen shots:
Sophisticated search capabilities
DataAssist integrates the advanced search functionality
previously=20
available in Database Search. Now you can combine advanced
Google-style=20
keyword searches (across multiple database columns) with
price, date or=20
number ranges =96 all without coding.
Please take a look at the feature tour:
http://www.webassist.com/professional/products/featuretour/media_117.asp
As for the Prof's requirements, the form submits two values,
a recordID=20
and a selection to either search by company or by store
number.
If Prof has a table named company and another named store
number, the=20
way you'd search these tables would be to have another table
that=20
contains the selectcategories with a column containing the
values=20
"company" and "storeNumber" along with ID columns that relate
to a=20
categoryID column in the companies table and the storeNumber
column in=20
the Stores table. Using this relationship Prof can create a
reccordset=20
on his results page that returns the values using an INNER
JOIN to=20
combine the tables in the recordset. Similarly by
constructing the=20
relationships properly as to his records (let's say he's
searching 45RPM =
singles - anybody remember those thingies?) His company table
can have=20
an ID column that references his product table where a
companyID is=20
stored. Again, a JOIN statement is used to include the
product=20
information, including the ProductID in the Recordset.
Similarly for the =
Stores table, again, the Products table has a column that
identifies the =
store that carries that productID. If more than one store
carries the=20
product, the column should be a storesID column that
references a=20
ProductStores table which references the stores that carry
the product=20
by a common ID. Again, using the JOIN (this recordset query
would get=20
complex) the necessary data can be returned.
The DataAssist Search Server Behavior applies a sophisticated
WHERE=20
clause to the recordset. so that the requested records can be
returned=20
to the page. Prof is not needing a tool to build database
management, so =
I can see his point... but if this is something you do
regularly,=20
DataAssist will pay for itself over and over in time saved.
And WebAssist is conducting a 50% off sale through next
Friday, so it's=20
a good time to get on board. Here's a link to the discount
page for all=20
the products:
http://www.webassist.com/professional/products/productresults.asp?CouponI=
D=3Dss2008&RID=3D590&WAAID=3D92=20
enthusiastically,
mark haynes.