What was the expression about the man with a hammer? :) I think I actually reinvented the wheel with the string.replace() function the other day -- same sort of story ... I should go home and check on that... :)
> good point, forgot about that function, I usually just do it with > urlencodedformat in cf > -----Original Message----- > From: S.Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 2:50 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Web Search NS Error > why regex? why not just escape()? or is that due to the way search engines > handle the query string? >> Right before you open the window, this should work >> You may need to do some regular expressions in case they put in multiple >> spaces though. >> if (myQuery){ >> myQuery = myQuery.replace(' ','+'); >> window.open(myQuery,"newwin"); >> return false; >> } >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Greg Luce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 12:12 PM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: RE: Web Search NS Error >> Seth, you rock! The only problem left is when you enter 2 words in the >> form. It looks like this in the url: >> http://www.google.com/search?q=hotel Chicago, when it needs to have a + >> between the search words. Do you see a good place to parse that into the >> search string? >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Turetsky, Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 11:57 AM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: RE: Web Search NS Error >> The js code to set MySearcher in the processSearch function looks off: >> mySearcher = formObj.tosearch.value; >> change to: >> mySearcher = formObj.tosearch[formObj.tosearch.selectedIndex].value; >> If that did work in IE, I guess IE doesn't require the selectedIndex to >> get the selected item in a dropdown. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Greg Luce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 11:32 AM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Web Search NS Error >> I have a search form on a page that uses js (which I didn't write) to >> call a new window using whichever search engine was selected. Anyone >> have any ideas why it won't work with Netscape 4.7? It calls up a new >> window with a 405 error. I may just do it with CF for Nutscrape. Here's >> the code: >> <script language="javascript"> >> <!-- shields up! >> var isIE = false; >> if (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4) { >> if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") >> { >> } else { >> isIE = true; >> } >> } >> /* Begin Kill Nesting */ >> setTimeout ("changePage()", 3000); >> function changePage() { >> if (self.parent.frames.length != 0) >> self.parent.location=document.location; >> } >> /* End Kill Nesting */ >> /*yummy.... Cookies*/ >> function setCookie(name,value,expires,path,domain,secure){ >> var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + >> ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") + >> ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") + >> ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") + >> ((secure) ? "; secure" : ""); >> document.cookie = curCookie; >> } >> function DeleteCookie(name,path,domain){ >> if(getCookie(name)){ >> document.cookie = name + "=" + >> ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") + >> ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") + >> "; expires=Thu, 27-Sep-74 12:32:01 GMT"; >> } >> } >> function processSearch() >> { >> formObj = document.internetsearch; >> mySearcher = formObj.tosearch.value; >> mySearch = formObj.search.value; >> var searchSite; >> switch (mySearcher) >> { >> case "google": >> searchSite = 'http://www.google.com'; >> myQuery ='http://www.google.com/search?q='+mySearch; >> break; >> case "yahoo": >> searchSite = 'http://www.yahoo.com'; >> myQuery ='http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p='+mySearch; >> break; >> case "dogpile": >> searchSite = 'http://www.dogpile.com'; >> myQuery >> ='http://search.dogpile.com/texis/search?q='+mySearch+'&geo=no&fs=web'; >> break; >> case "mamma": >> searchSite = 'http://www.mamma.com'; >> myQuery >> ='http://www.mamma.com/Mamma?query='+mySearch+'&qtype=0'; >> break; >> case "altavista": >> searchSite = 'http://www.altavista.com'; >> myQuery >> ='http://altavista.com/sites/search/web?q='+mySearch+'&pg=q&kl=XX'; >> break; >> case "lycos": >> searchSite = 'http://www.lycos.com'; >> myQuery >> ='http://search.lycos.com/main/default.asp?lpv=1&loc=searchhp&query='+my >> Search; >> break; >> case "infoseek": >> searchSite = 'http://www.infoseek.com'; >> myQuery >> ='http://www.overture.com/d/search/p/go/?Partner=go_home&Keywords='+mySe >> arch+'&Go=Search&input='; >> break; >> case "metacrawler": >> searchSite = 'http://www.metacrawler.com'; >> myQuery >> ='http://search.metacrawler.com/crawler?general='+mySearch+'&method=0&re >> direct=&rpp &hpe®ion=0&timeout=0&sort=0&theme=classic'; >> break; >> case "webcrawler": >> searchSite = 'http://www.webcrawler.com'; >> myQuery >> ='http://search.excite.com/search.gw?c=web&lk=webcrawler&onload=&s='+myS >> earch; >> break; >> case "excite": >> searchSite = 'http://www.excite.com'; >> myQuery >> ='http://search.excite.com/search.gw?c=web&search='+mySearch; >> break; >> default: >> myQuery =''; >> } >> var now = new Date(); >> now.setTime(now.getTime() + (365 * 24 * 60 * 1000)); >> setCookie("lastSearch", mySearch, now, "/"); >> var now = new Date(); >> now.setTime(now.getTime() + (365 * 24 * 60 * 1000)); >> setCookie("mySearcher", mySearcher, now, "/"); >> if (mySearch == "") { >> window.open(searchSite); >> return false; >> } >> if (myQuery){ >> window.open(myQuery); >> return false; >> } >> else >> { >> return true; >> } >> } >> function setSearchCookie() >> { >> formObj = document.internetsearch; >> mySearcher = formObj.tosearch.value; >> mySearch = formObj.search.value; >> var now = new Date(); >> now.setTime(now.getTime() + (365 * 24 * 60 * 1000)); >> setCookie("mySearcher", mySearcher, now, "/"); >> } >> --> >> </script> >> <table width="195" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> >> <cfform name="internetsearch" method="post" onSubmit="return >> processSearch()" action=""> >> <tr> >> <td width="142" class="arial_10">Type your keyword or >> phrase then press 'GO'</td> >> <td height="28"><input type="image" border="0" >> name="search_go" src="images/go.gif" width="26" height="28" >> alt="go"></td> >> </tr> >> <tr> >> <td colspan="2"> >> <cfif browser eq "NS"> >> <cfinput type="Text" name="search" >> message="You must enter Keyword or Phrase to search" required="Yes" >> size="8" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"> >> <cfelse> >> <cfinput type="Text" name="search" >> message="You must enter Keyword or Phrase to search" required="Yes" >> size="15" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;"> >> </cfif> >> <cfselect name="tosearch" onChange="setSearchCookie()" >> style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;"> >> <option value='altavista'>Alta Vista</option> >> <option value='dogpile'>DogPile</option> >> <option value='excite'>Excite</option> >> <option value='google' Selected>Google</option> >> <option value='infoseek'>InfoSeek</option> >> <option value='lycos'>Lycos</option> >> <option value='mamma'>Mamma</option> >> <option value='metacrawler'>MetaCrawler</option> >> <option value='webcrawler'>WebCrawler</option> >> <option value='yahoo'>Yahoo</option> >> </cfselect> >> <!--- <input type="text" class="arial_10" name="search" >> size="40"> ---> >> </td> >> </tr> >> </cfform> >> </table> >> > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
