[ic] more-list by criteria aka Group By

Gert van der Spoel gert at 3edge.com
Sat Jul 21 08:34:02 EDT 2007


> Hello
> 
> I am wondering if it's possible to alter the more-list internals to
> account
> for results based on criteria and yes - I know this sounds like a house
> of
> cards.
> 
> Basically, I am using [prefix onchange] to reduce the actual amount of
> products displayed in the resultset, so the more-list might say
> "results
> 1-7 of 52" but there may only be 3 items showing. I was hoping it would
> not
> be too much a hit to have an addition where you could set a more-lists
> pseudo "group by" setting ala:
> 
> ml=12
> more=1
> more_unique=sku
> 
> Yes, I know I can use sql to narrow down my results in a better
> fashion,
> however that is not what I am doing. I use a custom OnFly system that
> allows me to create one product sku, that is linked to an infinite ways
> to
> sell it. Sort of like "options" however these options are similar
> across
> many products, so I can control a way to sell 1000 items, by changing
> one
> row. For example, I sell an image, and it is available as a low rez
> download, high rez download, 24x36 poster, 18x24 poster, etc. My
> options
> don't change item by item, but rather by large sets of items.
> 
> Till now, I have not needed to display the items in this way (I usually
> handle it on a flypage). I wish to show a list of items with all their
> ways
> they can be purchased.
> 
> This is all easily solved using (ultimately) many queries on the page,
> but
> I am accomplishing this all in one joined query, and want to exhaust
> this
> attempt first.

With Interchange everything is possible :)  I've read the above a couple of
times and I am perhaps missing enough context to be able to understand what
it is you're looking for. So can't really be providing with any ideas or
solutions for this one. Hopefully someone else has a better understanding of
what you're after.

CU,

Gert



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