> WELL ONLY if there are no other selects between the select and the IF
>
> If there aren't then you ca do:
>
> <@VAR local$resultSet[1,fieldname]>
>
> where the fieldname is the column name you have in your select, and
> this assumed you're comparing column 1
>
> If you do have other things happening in between, then do:
>
> <@ASSIGN NAME="selectResults" VALUE="<@VAR resultSet>" SCOPE="local">
>
> This assigns the value of the resultSet (the search result list) to a
> variable called selectResults. You can call the variable what ever
> you want, you can also change the scope from local to user if you want
> to use that select later on in your session.
>
> To use the results in your if, you then do:
>
> <@VAR local$selectResults[1,fieldName]>
>
> There are yet other ways to do this with other tags, but I find them
> too unreliable and they hardcode things to the point where if you
> change the select action name or something like that, things will > fail.
>
> R
>
> On Friday, August 16, 2002, at 12:51 PM, Fogelson, Steve wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> If I read a field from a table using a "search action", do I had to
>> assign a
>> variable to that field in order to reference it from an "if action"?
>>
>> Or can I reference it some other way?
>>
>> If so, how?
>>
>> I usually do it with a variable assignment, but am I wasting code?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Steve
>> Internet Commerce Solutions
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