On Donnerstag, 21. Mai 2009, Dan Bolser wrote: > 2009/5/17 Markus Krötzsch <mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org>: > > On Samstag, 9. Mai 2009, Dan Bolser wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm using the "intro=" and "outro=" query parameters to provide the > >> table header and footer to get tabular output with the > >> "format=template" in an ask query: > >> > >> http://smw.referata.com/wiki/Talk:Use_the_ask_template_format_to_create_ > >>tab ular_output > >> > >> > >> This is working great with a couple of caveats: > >> > >> 1) the "... further result" link appears at the top of the table for > >> some reason. I'd expect it to appear after the end of the table... how > >> is this text interacting with the various "format=" settings? > > > > The link is put to the top by MediaWiki since it does not understand how > > to otherwise treat this text within a table context. The best workaround > > might be to have "searchlabel=" (empty) as a parameter to completely hide > > this part. You can give the quer another time with the same parameters > > but "limit=-1" to get a "further results" label anywhere you want ("-1" > > skips any checks so that the link is displayed even for 0 results, saving > > resources, but it might be good to change text to "show all results" or > > something similar). You can also include this additional query into the > > "outro=" part to make sure it is only displayed if there are any results > > at all. > > > >> 2) the "... further results" link takes you to a "Special:Ask" page > >> that ignores the ""intro=" and "outro=" query parameters (leading to a > >> very messy result). Is it possible to get Special:Ask to respect these > >> and other settings? > > > > This would require some extension of the SMW code. It is not possible in > > the current SMW-version. Using the above method for creating the "further > > results" link, a possible workaround would be to use another format in > > this "limit=-1" query. Then it would at least be usable. > > > >> With regard to 2, there appears to be at least one related bug for > >> "Special:Ask". Click on "... further results" for any > >> "format=template" query -> Click on "[Edit query]" -> Click "Find > >> results" -> You see the error "Provide a value for the parameter > >> "template" for this query format to work.", i.e. the template > >> parameter is lost when you click edit query, and has to be manually > >> added (along with intro and outro if necessary). > > > > Interesting. This might indeed be the case. > > > > In general, it would be very helpful if you could file your bug reports > > and feature requests at MediaZilla, since we may otherwise forget about > > them ... > > hehe - sorry about that ... sometimes even I forget about them too! > > Did you log this one already, No.
> or would you like me to go do that? Yes, please. > actually I found that even if you do pass a template you get the same > error. Yes, we need to adjust some internal parameter handling in Special_Ask, I guess. Markus > > > Thanks for the reply, > Dan. > > > Thanks, > > > > Markus > > > >> Cheers, > >> Dan. > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>--- --- The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY > >> circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect > >> world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job > >> done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at > >> 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Semediawiki-devel mailing list > >> Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel > > > > -- > > Markus Krötzsch > > Semantic MediaWiki http://semantic-mediawiki.org > > http://korrekt.org mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org -- Markus Krötzsch Semantic MediaWiki http://semantic-mediawiki.org http://korrekt.org mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org
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