Getting started problem

Hi All,

I have just brought Data Bridge and i am also new to dreamweaver and im trying to insert a search box on my website. Ive created an account and a table with MYSQL through my server host, i then tried to insert DataAssist search wizard to my php page in dreamweaver but it keeps telling me i need to create a recordset first, so i tried to create a recordset but for some reason dreamweaver wont connect to my MYSQL database. The attached box appears. Where am i going wrong?

This error points to a problem with the Site definition settings for connecting to the testing server.

Make sure your Dreamweaver site definition is properly configured to connect to the remote host in the testing server settings. Also, make sure you have the correct address for the site in the Web URL setting.

Ok so ive sorted that connection problem out and this is where ive got to and what i want to achieve.

The website is a funeral directors and i need to create a donations page with a search box so that donors can enter the deceased name and as a result a name (or names similar to what has been entered) will appear. Next to the name will be a URL. Each deceased person(s) will have a unique URL, donation payments wont actually be taken on this website, the URL will link them to a different donations page for that individual on another website, the link will redirect them to that website (hopefully all that makes sense!).

Ive setup MAMP on my computer, created a table for database information in phpmyadmin, connected deamweaver to that database with a recordset, created a DataAssist Search Wizard php page which automatically inserts the form on my donations.html page (please see attached donations.html and ive pasted search.php below)


But i am now stuck as to what to do next. Will the results appear on this page or do i need to create a html page for results to appear on and a new php page for results? I am confused as to what i need to do?

Any help REALLY appreciated!!


<?php require_once('Connections/milesdata.php'); ?>
<?php require_once("webassist/database_management/wada_search.php"); ?>
<?php
//WA Database Search (Copyright 2005, WebAssist.com)
//Recordset: milesdata;
//Searchpage: donations.html;
//Form: form1;
$WADbSearch2_DefaultWhere = "";
if (!session_id()) session_start();
if ((isset($_POST["WADbSearch2"])) && ($_POST["WADbSearch2"] != "")) {
$WADbSearch2 = new FilterDef;
$WADbSearch2->initializeQueryBuilder("MYSQL","1");
//keyword array declarations
$KeyArr0 = array("name");


//comparison list additions
$WADbSearch2->keywordComparison($KeyArr0,"".((isset($_POST["Name"]))? $_POST["Name"]:"") ."","AND","Includes",",%20","%20","%22","%22",0);


//save the query in a session variable
if (1 == 1) {
$_SESSION["WADbSearch2_search"]=$WADbSearch2->whereClause;
}
}
else {
$WADbSearch2 = new FilterDef;
$WADbSearch2->initializeQueryBuilder("MYSQL","1");
//get the filter definition from a session variable
if (1 == 1) {
if (isset($_SESSION["WADbSearch2_search"]) && $_SESSION["WADbSearch2_search"] != "") {
$WADbSearch2->whereClause = $_SESSION["WADbSearch2_search"];
}
else {
$WADbSearch2->whereClause = $WADbSearch2_DefaultWhere;
}
}
else {
$WADbSearch2->whereClause = $WADbSearch2_DefaultWhere;
}
}
$WADbSearch2->whereClause = str_replace("\\''", "''", $WADbSearch2->whereClause);
$WADbSearch2whereClause = '';
?>
<?php


if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "")
{
if (PHP_VERSION < 6) {
$theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;
}


$theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);


switch ($theType) {
case "text":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
break;
case "long":
case "int":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
break;
case "double":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? doubleval($theValue) : "NULL";
break;
case "date":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
break;
case "defined":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
break;
}
return $theValue;
}
}


mysql_select_db($database_milesdata, $milesdata);
$query_milesdata = "SELECT url FROM donation WHERE name = 'name' ORDER BY name ASC";
setQueryBuilderSource($query_milesdata,$WADbSearch2,false);
$milesdata = mysql_query($query_milesdata, $milesdata) or die(mysql_error());
$row_milesdata = mysql_fetch_assoc($milesdata);
$totalRows_milesdata = mysql_num_rows($milesdata);
?>


<?php
mysql_free_result($milesdata);
?>

when using the data base search wizard, you need to first create a recordset, and add the code to display the information on the results page, a simple way to do this is to add a dynamic table.

go to Insert -> Data Objects -> Dynamic Data -> Dynamic Table.

with the recordset and the dynamic table in place on the results page, you can then run the data assist search wizard to create the search form and add the search to the results page.


you may find it easier to use the Data Crate pages wizard instead, and have it create the search and results pages for you.