SQL for multiple checkboxes

Hello!
I'm stuck on a SQL statement that I was wondering if someone
could possibly assist me with.
I working on a search page for a particular company site of
antique dealers. There is a "Search By Categories" section on the
main search page where users can select multiple checkboxes to
return any antique dealers in those categories.
When the search button is clicked, a comma delimited string
of category IDs is passed to the search results page. (ex.
"2,14,15,20,22,25,37,40")
Each antique dealer has a database field that contains a
comma delimited list of any category IDs that they are associated
with since they can be associated with more than one category if
they'd like to be...and just about all of them are currently
associated with more than one category
SO...we have a string being passed from the search page that
could look something like this: 2,14,18,20,22,25,37,40,64
...and in the database each dealer has a DealerCats field for
all the categories they're associated with that might look like
this: 6,7,18,30,64,66
My question is: how can I write the select statement to
basically say "select all dealers from the Dealers table where any
of the passed category IDs (clicked on from the search page) exist
in the DealerCats field for each dealer?"
I already tried something to the effect of:
SELECT * FROM DEALERS
WHERE DealerCats IN (#FORM.dealerCat#)
...but this did not work. I don't get an error, I just get a
blank content area (the rest of the template is not broken in any
way...just blank area where either results should appear or a "no
results" message should appear.
Also, I DID create a page that displays both the form value
of the selected checkboxes as well as any given DealerCats field in
the database to make sure that both are comma separated values
formatted exactly the same.
Unfortunately, I am unable to provide outside access to the
testing server that I'm working off of for this particular company,
so I do apologize.
However, if anyone understands what it is I am trying to
accomplish and can based on my explanation, I hope that will help.
Feel free to ask for any additional clarification.
Thank you very much!!!
- Tony
Chicago, Freelance Web Developer

Hi,
Thanks for responding!
I need a little clarification, if you don't mind, so please
bear with me here...
Basically, I created a database admin tool to add/edit/delete
dealers and categories because other users will need to eventually
need to have access to it. For each dealer record, a list of
checkboxes is dynamically created (linked from the categories
table) so that any given category can be clicked on that the dealer
would like to be associated with.
If all I needed to do is display the categories, this would
be fine.
If only ONE category was allowed and I only needed to do a
check against one category, this would also probably be fine.
So, I was hoping I could try to still make this work since
the database admin tool was proving to work very well up til this
point. But you are right...a many-to-many setup is going to be the
way to go, it seems (and in most cases, it usually is anyway).
My guess is you're suggesting a 3rd table (a many-to-many
table) that has one column that has Dealer IDs and another that has
Category IDs that are both linked from the Dealers and Categories
tables. Yes?
My quesion is: since each dealer can be associated with more
than one category, and the object is to do away with a comma
delimited list, are you suggesting it be set up so that each dealer
ID would be repeated 1 record at a time for each different category
it's associated with? For example:
DealerID | CategoryID
1 10
1 15
1 22
1 40
2 1
2 8
2 18
2 21
2 22
2 25
2 35
3 12
3 20
3 34
...etc. etc. etc.
I'm just trying to make sure I'm understanding what you would
suggest here.
Thanks so much for your assistance!
Best,
Tony

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Hi All,
Can a dashboard prompt be used as View Selector for multiple reports? If yes, please let me know how?
Thanks
Sumita

Hi Sumita,
You can do this with Dashboard prompts, but it's a little tricky. I'll highlight the process below. Keep In mind I assume you have three reports already created and have three views: View 1, View 2 and View 3.
Phase I: The Dashboard Prompt
1. Create a new dashboard prompt.
2. Add any single column to your prompt. It doesn't really matter which one (just make sure nothing is prompted on it to be safe).
3. For the sake of this example, I'll assume we added column: "Test Folder"."Test Field"
4. Make sure your Operator is "is equal to/is in"
5. Make sure the control is "Drop-down List"
6. Change the Show to "SQL Results"
7. Write a SQL statement similar to the following (TEST =<your subject area>, "Test Folder"."Test Field" = <your column>):
SELECT CASE WHEN 1=2 THEN "Test Folder"."Test Field" ELSE 'View 1' END
FROM TEST
UNION
SELECT CASE WHEN 1=2 THEN "Test Folder"."Test Field" ELSE 'View 2' END
FROM TEST
UNION
SELECT CASE WHEN 1=2 THEN "Test Folder"."Test Field" ELSE 'View 3' END
FROM TEST
**Note: The reason why we need to do the CASE statement is because every logical query needs at least 1 presentation column. The case statement is a way to include the presentation column, but since the statement 1=2 is never true, we always use the ELSE condition.
8. Set a presentation variable. Call it VIEW_PVAR
9. Have the Prompt default to Specific Value: View 1
10. Save the Dashboard Prompt and put it into the Dashboard with your reports.
Phase II: Filter Reports
1. Create a new Answer request
2. Bring in your test column twice
3. Change the formula (fx) on the second column to be: '@{VIEW_PVAR}{View 1}'
4. Now add a filter to the presentation variable column
5. Set the operator to "is equal to/is in' and set the value to: View 1
6. Save the Request as "View 1 Filter"
7. Change the value in the filter to: View 2
8. Save the Request as "View 2 Filter"
9. Change the value in the filter to: View 3
10. Save the Request as "View 3 Filter"
Phase III: Guided Navigation
1. Create three sections in your dashboard
2. Rename each section to: View 1, View 2 and View 3 respectively
3. For each of the sections, do the following:
3a. Click on properties
3b. Click on Guided navigation
3c. Set the Guided Navigation to the appropriate Filter report
4. For each of the three sections, do the following:
4a. Add in all three requests
4b. Click on the request properties and select Show and the appropriate view for that section
5. Save your changes to your Dashboard
Good luck and if you found this post useful, please award points!
Best regards,
-Joe

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