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can be accessed with the IDC-file as "form action" element, like in the following simple example:
The corresponding IDC file (" ") looks like follows:
The "datasource" (Bild DB) has been previously defined via the System (!) DSN and is an Access
database. The "template" gives the HTX-file that defines how the result will be processed.
The query is only executed if the "RequiredParameters" have been entered in the form. The
"SQLStatement" defines how the query looks like, parameters from the input form are included
enclosed in '%'. Note, that in this example not only values but also qualifiers ('=") have been used as parameters. Further keywords are available, e.g. "MaxRecords"
to limit the size of the result set, "MaxFieldSize" to set the maximum length of data returned
per field, and "Password" to set the user connecting to the database.
After processing the SQL statement a HTML file is constructed using the specification in the
HTX file. The section for the display of the output could look like:
The section between " " and " " is executed once for every
row of the result set, that implies that it is not executed if the result set is empty. Variables
from the database and the user input can be used as " respectively
" ". Using the " " statement, conditional blocks can be included.
Server variables can be used, for example "HTTP_ACCEPT", "HTTP_USER_AGENT",
"HTTP_UA_PIXELS", and "HTTP_UA_COLOR". Thus the output can be configured e.g.
depending on the capabilities of the client.
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