RE: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

tedd on Friday, May 12, 2006 12:23 PM said: > That's as it should be -- and technically, "Next" did appear so the > page wasn't blank. Splitting hairs aside, a user, "civilian" or not, would not expect they need to click "Next" from a "blank page" to get to the cont

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

"tedd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] At 6:03 PM +0100 5/12/06, Porpoise wrote: Eerrrm... Blank Page!?! It shouldn't be blank. There should be a Next/Previous button -- isn't there? If so, then click "Next" If not, please tell me. Err. Well, y

RE: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

At 11:51 AM -0700 5/12/06, Chris W. Parker wrote: tedd on Friday, May 12, 2006 11:01 AM said: At 6:03 PM +0100 5/12/06, Porpoise wrote: "tedd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Try this: http://xn--ovg.com/ajax_page1 Eerrrm

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

At 2:08 PM -0400 5/12/06, Brad Bonkoski wrote: In Exploder 7 beta 2 I actually get an access denied error... but works in firefox. I think that's my server. Ajax is strange -- the requests are not sequential. In other words, if you click next twice, you may end up with the first click appear

RE: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

tedd on Friday, May 12, 2006 11:01 AM said: > At 6:03 PM +0100 5/12/06, Porpoise wrote: >> "tedd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>> >>> Try this: >>> >>> http://xn--ovg.com/ajax_page1 >>> >> Eerrrm... Blank Page!?! >

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

On Friday 12 May 2006 12:01 pm, tedd wrote: > It shouldn't be blank. > There should be a Next/Previous button -- isn't there? > If so, then click "Next" > If not, please tell me. Works: Suse Linux 10.x/Firefox 1.0.7 Windows XP/Firefox 1.5.0.3 Mac OS 10.4.6/Safari

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

In Exploder 7 beta 2 I actually get an access denied error... but works in firefox. Mike wrote: I am not seeing a blank page here. Porpoise wrote: "tedd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Try this: http://xn--ovg.com/ajax_page1 Please understand: a) It's a r

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

At 6:03 PM +0100 5/12/06, Porpoise wrote: "tedd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Try this: http://xn--ovg.com/ajax_page1 Please understand: a) It's a rough estimation as to how many characters will fit; b) It doesn't handle zoom levels well yet; c) There will b

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

I am not seeing a blank page here. Porpoise wrote: "tedd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Try this: http://xn--ovg.com/ajax_page1 Please understand: a) It's a rough estimation as to how many characters will fit; b) It doesn't handle zoom levels well yet; c)

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

"tedd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Try this: http://xn--ovg.com/ajax_page1 Please understand: a) It's a rough estimation as to how many characters will fit; b) It doesn't handle zoom levels well yet; c) There will be variations between browsers and OS's --

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

At 5:06 PM -0500 5/11/06, Richard Lynch wrote: I believe the OP wanted "Three": Show only as much text as nicely fits in the browser, with "more" for the next page... Try this: http://xn--ovg.com/ajax_page1 Please understand: a) It's a rough estimation as to how many characters will fit;

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

At 5:06 PM -0500 5/11/06, Richard Lynch wrote: On Thu, May 11, 2006 1:20 pm, tedd wrote: > Does this qualify? http://xn--ovg.com/ajax_page Well, on page 1, I can't get it to re-size at all... So, no, it doesn't qualify. :-) You didn't say it must be re-sizable. Okay, let me get th

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

On Thu, May 11, 2006 1:20 pm, tedd wrote: >> > Does this qualify? >>> >>> http://xn--ovg.com/ajax_page >> >>Well, on page 1, I can't get it to re-size at all... >> >>So, no, it doesn't qualify. :-) > > > You didn't say it must be re-sizable. > > Okay, let me get this right. > > If the page could

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

""Richard Lynch"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, May 11, 2006 10:09 am, tedd wrote: At 8:35 PM -0500 5/4/06, Richard Lynch wrote: But maybe I've just missed the boat. Has been known to happen. :-) Does this qualify? http://xn--ovg.com/ajax_page We

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

> Does this qualify? http://xn--ovg.com/ajax_page Well, on page 1, I can't get it to re-size at all... So, no, it doesn't qualify. :-) You didn't say it must be re-sizable. Okay, let me get this right. If the page could be resized, and the text would dynamically fill the space, and th

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

On Thu, May 11, 2006 10:09 am, tedd wrote: > At 8:35 PM -0500 5/4/06, Richard Lynch wrote: >> >> > Synopsis: >>> You could just Javascript and browser info to dynamically layout >> > text to "fit" available space and word-wrap nicely. >> >>Find me anybody on the planet who has actually successfu

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

At 8:35 PM -0500 5/4/06, Richard Lynch wrote: > Synopsis: You could just Javascript and browser info to dynamically layout > text to "fit" available space and word-wrap nicely. Find me anybody on the planet who has actually successfully done this. Even easier: Point to ONE existing websi

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

On May 4, 2006, at 11:16 PM, Jochem Maas wrote: Richard Lynch wrote: On Thu, May 4, 2006 10:15 am, Edward Vermillion wrote: On May 4, 2006, at 4:16 AM, Richard Lynch wrote: On Wed, May 3, 2006 6:57 pm, Jochem Maas wrote: ... Yes. Usually. Mostly sometimes. For something like a Forum

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

Richard Lynch wrote: On Thu, May 4, 2006 10:15 am, Edward Vermillion wrote: On May 4, 2006, at 4:16 AM, Richard Lynch wrote: On Wed, May 3, 2006 6:57 pm, Jochem Maas wrote: ... Yes. Usually. Mostly sometimes. For something like a Forum or a CMS with minimal EZ tags for the admin on a

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

On Thu, May 4, 2006 10:15 am, Edward Vermillion wrote: > > On May 4, 2006, at 4:16 AM, Richard Lynch wrote: > >> On Wed, May 3, 2006 6:57 pm, Jochem Maas wrote: >>> the marker is either there or not - and if it'd borked (e.g. '

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

On Thu, May 4, 2006 9:12 am, tedd wrote: [snip] > Synopsis: > You could just Javascript and browser info to dynamically layout text to > "fit" available space and word-wrap nicely. Find me anybody on the planet who has actually successfully done this. Even easier: Point to ONE existing website t

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

At 07:12 AM 5/4/2006, tedd wrote: If the text is organized into paragraphs, which I can't imagine it not being, then the solution can be found in using a combination of javascript and php. Javascript can detect the size (height & width) of window the user is currently using and the web site h

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

On May 4, 2006, at 4:16 AM, Richard Lynch wrote: On Wed, May 3, 2006 6:57 pm, Jochem Maas wrote: a. who said anything about sessions? Jay did. He suggested sucking down the whole article, paginating it all, and cramming the pages into session, presumably so you don't have to suck down the w

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

At 4:30 AM -0700 5/4/06, Paul Novitski wrote: At 11:51 AM 5/3/2006, Phillip S. Baker wrote: I have some articles stored in a MySQL DB. What I want is if the article is above a certain length in characters, to page article through a few pages for site readability. So I would want to print X n

RE: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

[snip] There's a fundamental problem with trying to slice text into resizable web pages the same way it's sliced on paper. Paper pages work because they're set in a fixed font size. When you change the ratio of font size to column width, the places where lines of text wrap changes. Because o

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

At 11:51 AM 5/3/2006, Phillip S. Baker wrote: I have some articles stored in a MySQL DB. What I want is if the article is above a certain length in characters, to page article through a few pages for site readability. So I would want to print X number of words/characters. Save the where the po

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

Richard Lynch wrote: On Wed, May 3, 2006 6:57 pm, Jochem Maas wrote: a. who said anything about sessions? Jay did. dang - I didn't read properly - apologies go out to Edward for that! He suggested sucking down the whole article, paginating it all, and cramming the pages into session, pr

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

On Wed, May 3, 2006 6:57 pm, Jochem Maas wrote: > a. who said anything about sessions? Jay did. He suggested sucking down the whole article, paginating it all, and cramming the pages into session, presumably so you don't have to suck down the whole article again. Which, by the way, is what I dis

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

On Wed, May 3, 2006 1:51 pm, Phillip S. Baker wrote: > I have an interesting problem I would like some ideas on for a > solution. > I cannot seem to find any code examples on the net, though I might not > be looking in the right place really. > > I have some articles stored in a MySQL DB. > What I

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

Miles Thompson wrote: At 03:51 PM 5/3/2006, Phillip S. Baker wrote: Greetings Gents, ... However - why do you think paging an article improves readability? What it does do is control the amount of text you display on a page so you can profitably surround it with advertising.

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

Phillip S. Baker wrote: Greetings Gents, I have an interesting problem I would like some ideas on for a solution. I cannot seem to find any code examples on the net, though I might not be looking in the right place really. I have some articles stored in a MySQL DB. What I want is if the artic

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

At 03:51 PM 5/3/2006, Phillip S. Baker wrote: Greetings Gents, I have an interesting problem I would like some ideas on for a solution. I cannot seem to find any code examples on the net, though I might not be looking in the right place really. I have some articles stored in a MySQL DB. What

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

Edward Vermillion wrote: Or just break the "page" up into sections and grab subsequent sections from the DB. (?) that, or any number of other ideas. but I know from experience that offering seperate records for each section generally leads to a less intuitive (read: easy to use) editing inter

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

Or just break the "page" up into sections and grab subsequent sections from the DB. (?) That way you could easily code in a 'jump to page 3 from page 6' type function, and your still just grabbing data and spitting it out with out worrying about sessions getting mangled or parsing for html

Re: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

Phillip S. Baker wrote: Greetings Gents, I have an interesting problem I would like some ideas on for a solution. I was going to make a comment about the use of 'interesting' but thought better of it. ;-) I cannot seem to find any code examples on the net, though I might not be looking in th

RE: [PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

[snip] Does anyone have any ideas?? [/snip] Quite frankly, yes. Question is, how many words do you want to show up on a 'page'? Is the design liquid or rigid? A basic formula (pseudo-code, will not actually work in the PHP parser); Select article body from database. Place all of the words in a

[PHP] Paged Results Set in MySQL DB with one result

Greetings Gents, I have an interesting problem I would like some ideas on for a solution. I cannot seem to find any code examples on the net, though I might not be looking in the right place really. I have some articles stored in a MySQL DB. What I want is if the article is above a certain len