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Count in a selection box

Thread began 10/25/2012 11:47 am by john70964 | Last modified 10/29/2012 1:40 pm by john70964 | 3837 views | 16 replies |

john70964

Count in a selection box

Hello
I wish to create a selection box which when a selection is made will indicate how many of that item is available.

I have tried the attached code but it shows only the quantity of the first item and does not update when a further selection is made.

Can anyone please assist me with this please?

Many thanks
John

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count.zip
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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

you need to submit the selection to get the count for the selected item


you need to submit the selection and create another recordset to return the count, set the recordset to filter by the selection made so that the count is for the selected product.

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john70964

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"you need to submit the selection to get the count for the selected item".

I can see the need to update the table when outside of the box is selected.
Can you please say how this is achieved?

I see the need to create a second recordset but cannot see how the second recordset is caused to filter by the selection made in the first recordset.

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

to submit the form, add a submit button and click it

to filter the recordset, set the filtering options in the recordset dialog box.

this is rather basic Dreamweaver usage.

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john70964

Thanks Jason
Re "to submit the form, add a submit button and click it" Sorry I misunderstood.

When creating the second recordset as suggested below

"set the recordset to filter by the selection made so that the count is for the selected product."

I cannot see how to do this in the second recordset from the filters allowed in the wizard.
I attached a pic to show my meaning.

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

the name of your form variable is Category

so in the filtering, section select the Form variable Filter option and set the name in the box next to the select list to "Category"

you then need to go into advanced view, and add the COUNT() condition to the recordset select.

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john70964

Thanks Jason
I have used the form variable in the recordset but cannot get a total to show.

I am attaching a pic of the recordset if that helps.

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

you need to use an alia on the count :

SELECT Category1, COUNT(Category1) as categoryCount
etc....


then from the bindings panel, use the categoryCount binding on your page.

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john70964

I think I did as instructed but I cannot get a result in the CategoryCount.

I show my details in the attached image.
Thanks
John

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

send a copy of the page please and a link where i can see the problem.

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