thanks Jason
that worked filtering the ad_verify field and i used
$WADbSearch1_DefaultWhere = "0 != 0";
and it shows no records when the page is accessed directly, but when a person clicks the submit button on the search page without any input in the search fields, it still shows all records.
I am using click the search form submit button as the trigger for the db search .
The search form action is the results page.
What can i do so that if the user clicks the submit button on the search form and it takes them to the results page, that no records are shown?
Here is link to the search page
unclassified_display.php
click on the search unclassified button without adding any search input and it goes to the results page and shows all records?
thanks for your help,
Jim balthrop