Hi,

I need to script a search function.

There are 3 tables:

articles (12'000 records)

categories --< keywords (one to many relation)

Now the user could choose a category and then the script should perform a search on the articles table with the keywords from the relationship.

Unfortunately I don't know how to do this

thx for any ideas

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ChiSao

My idee was to get the portal records in to an array (variable) an then use this as a search string.

Unfortunately I don't know how to get the portal records in to one variable.

Try the List() function.

yeah that works, thxs

but now I realize that I can't use it directly as a search string.

I would like to do the following:

$$searchstring= hand, shoulder, ellbow

Search in table "articles" in field "keywords" for hand OR shoulder OR ellbow

Is it possible without a loop?

No, you must have a loop to create a request for each keyword in the list - something like:

Set Variable [ $searchValues ; List ( Keywords::Keyword ) ]

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Go to Layout [ Articles ]

Enter Find Mode [ ]

Loop

Set Field [ Articles::Keywords ; GetValue ( $searchValues ; Get ( RequestCount ) ) ]

Exit Loop If [ Get ( RequestCount ) ≥ ValueCount ( $searchValues ) ]

New Record/Request

End Loop

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Perform Find [ ]

I don't know how to thank you! It works great.

THANK YOU!

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ChiSao