I like the idea of linkURL being extended.
As it is now, I write in the value using convoluted java:
<%tier=(String)currentRow_courses.get("tier");
where="/courses_list_editable.jsp&tier="+tier;%>
<a href="<db:linkURL href="<%=where%>"
and then set the values using a javabean
<jsp:setProperty name="tcl" property="*" />
and then filter using the value obtained through the beans getSomeValue()
It all works nicely but an extended linkURL seems cleaner.
I tried using postion but couldn't figure it out.(no laugher please) Maybe
it wasn't possible.
Shawn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henner Kollmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "dbf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 11:11 PM
Subject: [dbforms] New features of gotoButton, linkURL
> Hi all,
>
> Think about the following situation:
> You have a form based on table customer defined as
>
> <table name="customer">
> <field name="id" fieldType="int" size="11"
> isKey="true"/>
> <field name="firstname" fieldType="char" size="50"/>
> <field name="lastname" fieldType="char" size="50"/>
> <field name="address" fieldType="char" size="30"/>
> <field name="pcode" fieldType="char" size="10"/>
> <field name="city" fieldType="char" size="40"/>
> </table>
>
> Know you want to show all orders to a special customer in a second form
>
> Definition of orders:
> <table name="orders">
> <field name="order_id" fieldType="int" size="11"
> isKey="true" autoInc="true"/>
> <field name="customer_id" fieldType="int" size="11"
> isKey="true"/>
> <field name="service_id" fieldType="int" size="11"/>
> <field name="orderdate" fieldType="date" size="10"/>
> </table>
>
>
> Using <db:gotoButton
> caption="orders"
> destination="/orders.jsp"
> destTable="orders"
> destPos="1"
> <!--- Maybe calculated by keyToDestPos! -->
> />
> Will not work.
>
> What's about using <db:gotoButton
> caption="orders"
> destination="/orders.jsp"
> destTable="orders"
> childField="customer_id"
> parentField="id"
> destPos="1"
> <!--- Maybe calculated by keyToDestPos! -->
> />
> While hitting this button a list of all orders of customer with id = 1
> will apear?
>
> Sounds good, or?
>
> Same stuff for <db:linkURL>?
>
> What's about extending <db:linkURL /> with the attributes keyToDestPos
> and keyToKeyDestPost of <db:gotoButton> so that if becomes more
> flexible?
>
> Regards,
> Henner
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