[ic] loop search fails with SQl database

[Rolf Schaufelberger]

>> Well this works. But it doesn't look veriy logical to me, as products has 
be 
>> defined to be a sql-databse table. 
>> 
>Not true.  The default is for GDBM files.  If you need to search
>against an SQL server then you must specify the non-default search
>type.

Maybe I have to learn more "interchange thinking'. I thought, when I define 
products in catalog.cfg to be a sql-database table,  this would be valid for 
all components. 

 
>> code:
>> =========   <
>> form action="[area search]" method=post>
>>    Suche:<br>
>> <!-- code doesn't work -->
>> 1   [set testname]su=yes/sf=description/st=db[/set]
>> 2    <input type=hidden name=mv_profile value=testname>
>> 3    <input type=text name=mv_searchspec size=15 value=""> 
>> 
>> <!--  code works
>> 4           <INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=mv_searchtype VALUE=db>
>> 5           <INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=mv_search_field VALUE="description">
>> 6           <input type=hidden NAME=mv_substring_match value=1>
>> 7           <INPUT type=text   NAME=mv_searchspec size=15>
>> -->
>> 
>>     </form>==============
>> 
>Correct.

What do mean with correct? I wanted to know, why lines 1-3 don't work. Well, 
I've got a solution for this problem, see other posting. 

Rolf Schaufelberger
rolf.schaufelberger@web.de