[ic] Listing user database

[Hans-Joachim Leidinger]

Chris Wenham wrote:
> 
>  A client wants their site to have a membership directory page that
>  can be used to list and search for other members of the site. I
>  thought that the most obvious way to implement this would be to
>  search the userdb that Interchange comes with (with a flag for
>  privacy, of course).
> 
>  Unfortunately I can't list anything from userdb.txt, using either
>  loop or search-region. After removing qualifiers designed to protect
>  privacy, I found that not even the most simple search parameters I
>  knew of would list anything at all. EG:
> 
>   [loop search="
>   fi=userdb.txt
>   st=db
>   ra=yes"]
> 
>   <p>[loop-code]
> 
>   [/loop]
> 
>  Lists nothing. Removing mv_searchtype (st=db) causes it to list the
>  contents of the product table instead.
> 
>  Is userdb a special case that cannot be searched normally and is
>  there a way to work around it without compromising privacy?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris Wenham
> NetMonger Communications

It sounds like the userdb is protected per default.
Add a lines like

[perl]
        $Config->{NoSearch} = '';
[/perl]

at the top of your page.

Joachim

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