Jim, On my "someday" list, I am going to put a task to get this search interface spruced up.
I think I would like to explore the M2Web now. I spent some time going through your web page http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself But couldn't find a link re where to get the code. I'm probably overlooking it. Could you send me a URL? Thanks KEvin --- Jim Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin wrote: > > > -B- SEARCH FOR PATIENT FIELD: sex > > -B- CONDITION: cONTAINS > > -B- CONTAINS: M > > [ Will match 'MALE', and 'FEMALE' ] > > > The operator "CONTAINS" does not appear to be > appropriate here. > If you want to get "MALE" but not "FEMALE", you must > use "EQUALS" instead. > > The operator "CONTAINS" matches on the external > value of the field, while "EQUALS" matches > on the internal value - a point of convenience and > confusion. > > I left out the part where you entered a lowercase > "m". When attempting to duplicate the > search and refresh my memory of how it worked, I > made almost the same mistake you did and > entered the "M" (you entered "m") in answer to > "SEARCH FOR PATIENT FIELD" question. I was > surprised to see that it then went into a seemingly > inescapable loop of presenting about > 20 guesses for cross-referenced fields after I had > already attempted to escape ("^") from > the question where it listed all the first-level > fields with names begining with M. > > I had not used Fileman's search module in quite a > long while, so I was somewhat dismayed > to see that this old user trap was still there and > appears to have gotten worse. :( > > > > > -C- SEARCH FOR PATIENT FIELD: > > > >IF: ? <?>?? > >IF: <TYPE '^' TO EXIT>?? > >IF: <TYPE '^' TO EXIT>?? > >IF: <TYPE '^' TO EXIT>?? > >IF: ?? <?>?? > >IF: 1 <1>?? > >IF: ^ > > > >Press RETURN to continue... > > > > > > > >> > >> If you augment Fileman with M2Web, then you will > >> have additional capabilities for doing > >> database queries from a web browser and a great > many > >> additional options for formatting the > >> results on-the-fly, including switching the > output > >> type from html to xml or xls. > > > >Again, I really want to sit down with your M2Web > >technology someday and implement it. > > If you already have GT.M, VistA, and Apache > installed on Linux, then connecting it all up > with M2Web should take less than half an hour. Of > course, that would give you more to > learn about, but it would also make it easier to > understand much of the VistA stuff by > exposing it to you in a web browser and giving you > new ways to view it all. > > Also, I think that much of what you have already > done in feeding data to VistA from > external applications could be easily adapted to > work from M2Web and then expanded into a > full bidirectional interaction. > > > > >I just can't get > >diverted right now. Too much on my plate. It > looks > >extremely powerful. I hope that it gets put > formally > >into Fileman, as was the object of a recent Friday > >conference call. > > M2Web cannot be formally put *into* Fileman for a > number of reasons, one of which is that > it is broader in its intended scope than Fileman. > However, M2Web can work with Fileman > and/or with Fileman defined data. M2Web is a > collection of tools for connecting MUMPS > applications to the web. Only a part of M2Web is > directly concerned with database access > and that part is not limited to handling the type of > data structures defined by Fileman. > > One thing that can be done is to build interfaces > between Fileman and M2Web. One area that > is particularly interesting to me right now is > building a general web based interface for > editing data using the Fileman DBS API's. > > --------------------------------------- > Jim Self > Systems Architect, Lead Developer > VMTH Computer Services, UC Davis > (http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself) > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- > Interactive Reporting > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop > reports. Save time > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to > DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > Download a FREE copy at > http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
