On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Dan Shirah <mrsquash2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Its pretty straight forward, you create a query that extracts the name >>> and id of the records with a relevant where clause created on the fly. When >>> outputing the data, each record gets created as a link that then loads >>> another page/div with the total dataset for that record. The question for >>> you is how you want the interface for the search to work. You can provide a >>> dropdown with some choices (date, zip, etc) and a text input / date input >>> picker to allow the user to enter the data. This then gets submitted and >>> runs the query >> >> > > Correct, right now each record is displayed on the screen as a link. When > the link is clicked a query runs to pull all of the related data and > displays it as a subset of items under the main link. > > The problem is, since I am not pulling all of the detail when I run the > initial query, what would be the best way to find the search results when > they will most liely be contained in the data I did not initially pull. > > > > Pass the search criteria previously entered thru session or hidden fields or in the url along with the id to further refine the search -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat
