[ic] scratch variables in search conditions (Was: How can I override ProductFiles?)

[scott andreas]

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Doug Alcorn wrote:

> "Cameron B. Prince" <cameron@akopia.com> writes:
>
> > Use the admin UI and go to the Design tab.
> >
> > Select the area/category and change the link-type to complex search.
> >
> > You'll need something like:
> >
> > fi=products
> > st=db
> > co=yes
> > sf=category
> > se=Chargers
> > ml=10
> >
>
> Thanks for taking the time to point out something so easy.  I have
> been doing most of my page design stuff from the text editor rather
> than the UI.
>
> I tried the above and it worked great (of course).  I used this complex
> search:
>    fi=products/st=db/sf=category/se=batteries/sf=addl_category/se=MOTNEXI600
>
> This returned the limited search I was expecting.  Now the twist is
> that I want the search equal for addl_category to be a scratch
> variable.  Something like this:
>
> fi=products
> st=db
> sf=category
> se=batteries
> sf=addl_category
> se=[scratch addl_category]
>
> This doesn't work because it actually tries to find an addl_category
> that matches the literal '[scratch addl_category]'.
>
> The documentation says that the variable mv_last stops interpretation
> of search variables.  Does this relate to what I'm trying to do?
> --
>  (__)  Doug Alcorn (mailto:doug@lathi.net http://www.lathi.net)
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instead of searching on the db search on the txt file its self use st=txt  not
st=db .   db includes all the txt files declared by the ProductsFile



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