hi, i had hoped to use FileMaker's ability to OMIT records to take items off a web site but not delete them. The problem i have is that when someone searches via the web it seems to reset the Filemaker databse and un-omit the records i had omitted within filemaker.

do i need to change the way i query the DB from the web or is the a better way to do this.

now that i think about it, it would be handy to "omit" records via a web interface rather than from within FileMaker. I already have a web interface for adding and deleting and editing records via the web but i can't find any documentation on "omitting" records via web UI.

you can see my temp site here: http://www.images.co.uk/new

thanks in advance...

Yes, frames are an effective way of keeping people from seeing your code to ascertain what exactly it is you are trying to accomplish.

Peace

Keith M. Davie

"The problem i have is that when someone searches via the web it seems to reset the Filemaker databse and un-omit the records i had omitted within filemaker."

Web Companion accesses the shared FMP database just like any other multiple user: they see the whole database, all the records, independently of what the found set is on the server.

To get what you want, you'll need to build a -find into the url that people use to connect into the database/web site, so that each web user performs the omit (the find replicates what the omit would do) when they enter.

[This message has been edited by Vaughan (edited March 21, 2001).]