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11:49 owen Gotcha
11:49 kados owen: I"ll ping you as soon as theyr'e ready
11:49 kados owen: so the new features wont' work for a bit
11:49 kados owen: I need a few minutes to consult with the catalogers
11:48 kados tumer: got a demo in the morning for apotential client :-)
11:48 kados tumer: don't worry, I have to get this stable tonight :-)
11:48 kados thanks tumer !
11:48 kados I'll merge it with mine
11:48 kados ok
11:47 tumer so committing new opac-zoomsearch.pl as well . This one seems a bit buggy
11:47 kados tumer: I have some time to work on it all day today
11:47 kados tumer: sure
11:46 tumer kados: do you need this basic template now? Only the page numbers work on it
11:43 kados need to make a couple other quick changes too
11:43 kados I updated the template with the new variables
11:42 kados owen: so ... for now, we can try out the call number search using what is in 942$k
11:36 kados tina's looking into it
11:36 kados it's a grant I guess
11:27 kados on the mellon
11:27 kados ahh, yes
11:27 paul see you later
11:24 paul kados: interesting mail on koha-devel (from andres)
11:22 kados as well as language
11:22 kados call number
11:22 kados with the new 008-based date search
11:22 kados k, reindexing now
11:20 kados ahh
11:15 owen The records I'm looking at have the call number ("dewey") in 942k
11:14 kados I'll reindex so we can test
11:14 kados a 1=20 search should work for call numbers
11:13 kados woops ... just broke searching :-)
11:12 kados i think thats where the catalogers put call numbers
11:12 owen What's 952$a?
11:12 kados well, just for fiction
11:12 kados owen: you want a search on 952$a?
11:12 owen But I thought we were going to re-work how we were building call numbers?
11:10 kados hehe
11:10 dewey kados: no idea
11:10 kados Dewey, right?
11:10 kados just need to add it to the template
11:10 kados call number search should already work
11:10 kados right, dates ... just need to rebuild the index for that
11:10 owen Yes
11:10 owen Date limiters
11:10 kados you mean a call number search?
11:09 owen Call number? I guess that has to wait on getting itemcallnumber populated
11:08 kados I put in branches and itemtypes
11:08 kados search_point I think ...
11:08 kados owen: asside from fixing the new search filters, what other variables are missing from your template?
10:53 tumer hurray for kados
10:53 kados right
10:52 kados cool, thanks
10:52 tumer i'll try to commit something before the meeting
10:51 kados I've revised things a little
10:51 tumer but at least it works for the first page
10:51 kados I can do that bit
10:51 kados hmmm
10:51 tumer passing on serach variables is causing me problems
10:50 tumer i am working on the template lots of problems i am having
10:50 kados tumer: if not, I'll probably take a crack myself today (got a demo later)
10:50 kados tumer: any progress on integrating the results page?
10:50 tumer hi kados
10:49 kados hey tumer
10:44 kados which is very exciting
10:44 kados etc...
10:44 kados cellulite
10:44 kados the cell
10:44 kados cell
10:43 kados so you should get:
10:43 kados by combining that original result set with another more general query and merging them, giving the first one priority :-)
10:43 kados I figured out a way to acomplish still return other results after that
10:43 kados and ... :-)
10:42 kados next reindex exact title 'cell' will only pull up 'cell' not 'the cell'
10:42 kados I've updated the abs but haven't reindexed yet
10:42 kados 'The', 'a', etc. were getting filtered out
10:42 kados owen: I was using the same '.chr' file for sorting and for searching
10:41 kados owen: also figured out the prob with exact title searches
10:35 kados I can easily 'fix' records based on our itemtypes
10:34 owen Although I don't know how many of those first ones have survived
10:34 kados the good news is
10:34 kados yep, true ...
10:34 owen Remember, we have records that may go back as far as 20 years
10:34 kados based on the number of records missing 008 fields
10:34 kados we can expect roughly 10% to be wrong
10:33 kados or maybe a disconnect between what NPL defines as a juvenile and what MARC21 does :-)
10:33 kados owen: so this indicates some problems with our cataloging department :-)
10:32 kados | 134083 |
10:32 kados +----------+
10:32 kados | count(*) |
10:32 kados +----------+
10:32 kados select count(*) from marc_subfield_table where tag='008';
10:32 kados | 149688 |
10:32 kados +----------+
10:32 kados | count(*) |
10:32 kados +----------+
10:32 kados select count(*) from biblio;
10:32 owen Only 3 of the first 11 results of that 35 are actually classified as Juvenile Non-fiction. The rest are YA or Adult non-fiction
10:31 kados how many records don't have 008
10:30 Comete bye
10:30 kados so ... i guess my first question is
10:30 kados owen: "sex" as non-fiction 'juv' pulls up 35
10:30 kados owen: interestingly
10:28 kados so there are 329 results if you don't specify 'adult'
10:26 kados hang on, I"ll check ID's site
10:26 kados we need to figure out how to specify 'doesn't exist'
10:26 kados hmmm
10:26 kados try now
10:25 kados hang on, I'll tweak it a bit
10:25 kados yea, so we definitely can't trust the 'adult' designation
10:25 owen 246 results in the old search
10:25 kados hehe
10:24 owen This one's even more out of whack: keyword "murder" audience "adult" content "non-fiction": 2 results
10:24 kados fixed
10:23 kados wonder if I did something
10:23 kados huh ... power and proximity search tabs aren't working ...
10:22 kados it's possible that my interpretation of the 008 isn't quite correct
10:21 kados lets collect a few searches like that so we have something to compare
10:21 kados yep ... quite a difference
10:21 kados 51
10:20 owen That's quite a difference.
10:20 owen If I do an advanced search for keyword "sex" and itemtype "YA Non-fiction" in our current system I get 51 records.
10:20 kados what's the old search give you?
10:20 kados good search
10:20 owen I get 5 results
10:19 owen I tried keyword "sex" audience "YA" (I thought those two went naturally together) and content "non-fiction"
10:19 kados of course, I will pre-process the records ... but I have several other changes to make and I want to make sure I only pre-process a couple times :-)
10:19 kados it might be
10:18 kados fortunately, that's not _too_ many
10:18 owen Okay... I wonder if that's enough to explain the differences in result sets I'm getting between the old and new search
10:18 kados so if they used the Koha MARC Editor, 008 was actually just wiped out :/
10:18 kados not for those added by the catalogers
10:18 kados it's only missing for items edited since Koha
10:17 owen Did you make changes to our database to allow that? I though that stuff was missing. Or is it only missing for some records?
10:17 kados second one is better
10:17 kados http://www.itsmarc.com/crs/Bib1773.htm
10:17 kados owen: http://www.itsmarc.com/crs/Bib0019.htm
10:16 kados position 22
10:16 kados there is an index on the 008 field
10:16 kados owen: at the moment ...
10:15 owen So kados, how is the audience filter doing its filtering?
10:06 kados excellent
10:05 kados hey paul
10:05 kados format's still got a ways to go
10:05 paul hello owen & kados
10:05 kados to try out the new 'Format', 'Audience', and 'content' filters
10:04 kados you can have a look at the advanced search
10:04 kados but things are really shaping up
10:04 kados owen: still some stuff to clarify with the catalogers on the use of 008
10:04 owen Cool
10:04 kados owen: I've been working on the stuff we discussed yesterday, making excellent progress
10:04 owen I just now am!
10:04 kados owen: you around?
08:45 btoumi but if u need to enter 2 address perahps u must choose another field
08:42 Comete btoumi: ok thank you
08:36 btoumi u have in 225 the field other address
08:28 Comete so i wonder if there's no not so useful field i could use in place and then migrate it when koha 3 will be stable
08:27 btoumi sorry i'm here now
08:26 Comete paul: btoumi told me that the problem will be resolved in koha 3 but before this release i must put these informations somewhere
08:25 paul btoumi, an answer ?
08:25 Comete paul: my addresses have two parts : address1 address2 but there is only one field for the address in koha 2.2.5
08:19 paul ???
08:16 Comete could you tell me where i could put temporaly the second part of my addresses in koha 2.2.5 ?
06:58 Strait (status report: finland :D)
06:58 Strait as a teaching system primarily, but we are also planning on cataloging the collection of the department's library on it
06:57 Strait it'll also likely be utilized by the local polytechnic
06:56 Strait it's for the department of information studies
06:56 Strait this koha will be used by my university
06:49 Strait that might be a better way than trying to run installer on the machine with limited permissions
06:49 paul works fine if you have all Perl packages needed.
06:48 paul - copy directories & database to the other server
06:48 paul - install Koha on a server with root access
06:48 Strait i've done a couple of koha installations with root account before and they went quite smoothly
06:48 paul another solution, highly easier :
06:48 paul yes it is.
06:47 Strait it seems to be quite tricky to try to install koha without root access to the server and to mysql
06:46 Strait thanks paul, i'll try that as soon as i have time :)
06:42 paul then, add whatever marc flavour you need in misc/marc_datas and misc/sql_datas
06:42 paul then, run updater/updatedatabase
06:42 paul Strait: to setup you database, just put koha.mysql in the database
05:39 Strait there is a databasesetup sub in the script and i'm pretty sure that's the right place
05:39 Strait but i'm not really sure what to do with Install.pm
05:38 Strait and use the readily created kohaadmin user instead
05:38 Strait i've been looking at Install.pm to see if it's possible skip the kohaadmin user creation
05:36 Strait what I have there is a readily created MySQL user with full permissions to a database called koha
05:36 Strait i don't have root access to MySQL
05:35 Strait i have another problem with koha installation today :P
05:26 pierrick hello Strait
05:23 Strait hello again :)
04:54 pierrick salut ToinS
04:53 ToinS salut pierrick
04:40 pierrick (bébé malad)
04:39 paul salut.
04:39 pierrick bonjour :-)
04:39 paul ah, vla pierrick.
04:29 Comete paul: et hop mail envoyé ;)
04:26 paul et hop, Comete => inscription confirmée.
04:16 btoumi dsl
04:16 btoumi c sur le commit du cvs
04:16 paul (sauf si c'est juste un mail ;-) )
04:16 Comete paul: euh oui c vrai j'ai oublié mais de toute façon je dois le refaire
04:16 paul ah, faut changer...
04:15 btoumi trop tard j'ai mis double
04:15 paul duplicate
04:12 btoumi comme doublon de donnee
04:11 btoumi comment on dit doublon en anglais?
04:10 paul - dire bonjour et se présenter un peu ;-)
04:10 paul 1 chtite remarque à propos du mail :
04:07 Comete en attendant: http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=fonctionnalitespourmediathequesdelecturepublique
04:07 Comete je recommence
04:06 Comete zut
04:06 paul yep, je viens de voir le rejet arriver ;-)
04:06 Comete il faut être inscrit peut-être ?
04:05 Comete le mail est envoyé sur infos@koha-fr.org
03:53 paul mais c'est un néologisme
03:52 paul ouaip, j'ai déjà entendu ca.
03:52 osmoze médiathécaires ?
03:49 Comete ah ok :p
03:48 paul (et sinon, on parle plutôt de bibliothéCaires que QUaires !)
03:48 paul des médiathécaires se dit aussi
03:45 Comete travaillant
03:45 Comete comment appelle-t-on le personnel traveillant dans une médiathèque, des bibliothéquaires ?
03:30 ToinS Comete: plus d'infos sur la syntaxe de dokuwiki => http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:syntax
03:20 Comete ok merci
03:19 paul || In Process ||apache2 with mod_perl2 support for improved speed || CC ||end of May, June||
03:19 paul || Completed ||Replace marc* tables with Zebra || PP ||note||
03:19 paul || STATUS || FEATURE || WHO || NOTE ||
03:19 paul surement, mais je ne sais pas trop comment. je regarde
03:18 Comete ?
03:18 Comete paul: on peut faire des tableaux avec ce wiki
03:15 osmoze :)
03:14 paul papa la trouve rigolote, mais surtout sobre, spacieuse, toussa.
03:13 paul maman la trouve moche de l'extérieur, mais quand on est dedans on ne voit pas l'extérieur ;-)
03:13 paul les enfants sont ravis.
03:13 paul une place folle derrière même lorsque je suis au volant (1m95 pour ceusses qui me connaissent pas ;-) )
03:12 paul 6 places (3 devant, 3 derrière)
03:12 Comete ok merci
03:12 paul devant le questionnement général en privé : je viens d'acheter un fiat multipla
03:12 paul tu peux alors créer la page !
03:12 paul ca sera transformé en lien "vide".
03:11 paul (l'alternance maj/min est importante)
03:11 paul modifier la page pour ajouter par exemple : FonctionnalitesPourMediathequesDeLecturePublique
03:11 paul http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=french
03:09 Comete bon je dois etre stupide mais je comprends rien à ce wiki, comment je crée ma page et ou ca ? :p
03:05 osmoze :) t as pris une grande alors maintenant ?
03:04 paul (si j'aurais su, j'aurais pas acheté ma nouvelle voiture comptant lundi dernier ;-) )
03:04 paul et aussi de me faire un prêt à pas cher
03:04 osmoze c est la fete :) tu vois, je suis sur que jamais autant de monde s est preoccupé de ta santé sous abdominale :p
03:03 paul (qui arrivent chez moi vu qu'ils sont bouncés par la liste, réservée aux abonnés)
03:03 paul et 5 spams à l'heure sur infos@koha-fr.org ou presque !
03:02 paul impressionnant... hdl a du désactiver l'anti spam sur koha-fr.org, pour des questions de paquet debian bcp changé, du coup plus d'anti spam.
03:02 paul mais c'est tjs mieux, pour savoir qui a fait quoi.
03:01 paul encore que, il y a des protections anti spammeur, mais pas sûr que ce soit via l'authentification.
03:01 Comete ok
03:01 Comete allons-y
03:01 paul (mais pas de crainte de spam à avoir ;-) )
03:01 paul je crois, oui
03:01 Comete paul: faut s'enregistrer ?
03:01 paul la syntaxe est relativement naturelle
03:00 paul nous l'avons mis en place récemment, et franchement, il est pas mal.
03:00 Comete donc ca ne vient pas de moi :)
03:00 paul mais celui là est assez pratique.
03:00 paul Comete: moi non + j'aime moyen les wiki.
02:59 Comete je n'aime pas les wikis y en a pas un pareil et je trouve ca pas pratique pour chercher un truc, mais c mon avis ;)
02:58 Comete dites ca marche comment ce wiki ?
02:57 osmoze modifiées
02:57 osmoze elles seront modifier par quelqu un
02:56 Comete ok mais certaines suggestions n'ont peut-être pas lieu d'être si la fonctionnalité existe déjà
02:55 paul bonne idée, Paul approuve.
02:53 osmoze ce qui peut differencier les suggestions des mediatheques publiques et les bibs universitaires
02:52 osmoze suggestions par les mediatheques ?
02:52 paul peu me chaud.
02:52 Comete quel nom voulez-vous que je donne à cette section ?
02:45 Comete ok
02:45 paul - envoyer un mail sur la liste infos@koha-fr.org pour demander les commentaires
02:45 paul - mettre tout dans le wiki
02:44 Comete paul: d'accord je regarde ca de suite
02:44 paul l'idéal serait :
02:44 paul (après tout, je ne suis pas le seul à être capable de répondre ;-) )
02:44 paul ainsi, je pourrai répondre et tout le monde pourrait enrichir
02:44 Comete à quelle adresse ?
02:44 paul Le mieux serait même de le mettre sur wiki.koha.org, dans la section "francaise" si c'est en Francais.
02:44 paul Comete: oui, envoie.
02:43 Comete osmoze: je vous l'envoie par mail ?
02:43 osmoze Comete, je suis bien interessé pour voir le tableau et ainsi peut etre compléter ^^
02:42 Comete ils sont peut-être passé à côté de choses qui existent déjà... si vous pouviez confirmer
02:41 Comete paul: j'ai un petit tableau en PDF de fonctionnalités essentielles que le personnel de notre mediatheque m'a envoyé. Ce sont des choses qu'ils n'ont pas vu jusque la dans Koha après une premiere exploration. Puis-je vous le transmettre ?
02:38 dewey hi, Comete
02:38 Comete hola dewey
02:38 dewey hola, Comete
02:38 Comete paul: bonjour
02:35 paul chris are u there ?
02:33 paul hello osmoze
02:33 osmoze bonjour :)
02:31 paul hello btoumi & Comete
02:31 btoumi hello paul
02:19 btoumi Comete: merci
02:18 Comete btoumi: bon courage
02:17 btoumi Comete:de nouveau ready pour le module lecteur de la head de koha
02:15 Comete btoumi: oui et toi ?
02:15 Comete j'ai un petit tableau en PDF de fonctionnalités essentielles que le personnel de notre mediatheque m'a envoyé. Ce sont des choses qu'ils n'ont pas vu jusque la dans Koha après une premiere exploration. Puis-je vous le transmettre ?
02:14 btoumi ca va?
02:13 Comete salut btoumi
02:13 btoumi bonjour comete
02:12 Comete bonjour/hi
02:08 btoumi hi evrybody
19:30 thd kados: If it works for infomaniacs it can be simplified for everyone else.
19:29 kados :-)
19:29 thd kados: I only design for infomaniacs :)
19:29 thd of course term sets rows themselves should be expandable
19:28 thd kados: pretend the find records containing other term sets lines are not there.
19:28 thd kados: It is not elegant yet and maybe a drop down with parenthesis levels would be better but then you have to worry about correct closing parenthesis.
19:27 kados wow, that's just nuts :-)
19:27 kados hehe
19:27 kados ok
19:26 thd kados: I have to go now but look at my Z39.50 client again.
17:41 kados right, i get that
17:41 kados hmmm
17:40 thd s/no/know/
17:40 thd kados: you no I do not like any functionality that only works in JavaScript
17:39 thd kados: it would require actuating a submit button or link or auto-submitting and redrawing the form if the user had JavaScript enabled
17:37 kados hmmm
17:37 kados ahh ... it expands?
17:37 kados no, you could just tell me what would happen :-)
17:36 thd kados: I had intended to do just that, although, you would need functionality to show what would happen if you pressed a form submit button to expand the nesting hierarchy
17:36 kados but that relies too much on the interface
17:35 kados or something
17:35 kados like lines connecting them
17:35 kados you almost need some visual cues
17:35 kados that will help
17:35 thd kados: the assignment of the booleans is the tricky part to do elegantly
17:35 kados if I can at least visualize how it's _supposed_ to work
17:35 kados it doesn't have to work mind you
17:34 kados cool, that might help me :-)
17:34 thd kados: I was actually planning to
17:34 kados just a form with a few <select>s and <input>s?
17:34 kados could you do a mock up in html?
17:34 kados i don't quite get it
17:33 kados hmmm
17:32 thd kados: group 1, group 2 if the groups themselves are infinitely malleable
17:31 thd kados: at the base of all the rows you have a part of the form where you assign the boolean relations between groups
17:31 kados how do you label the group?
17:30 thd kados: each row of query fields has a drop down field for group instead of a boolean itself.
17:29 kados ok
17:29 thd kados: I will describe the general idea
17:29 thd kados: I had various note cards of possible implementations
17:28 kados thd: could you describe it to me?
17:28 kados thd: have you come up with anything?
17:28 thd kados: I pictured it two years ago
17:28 kados I can't picture a form-based way to implement the grouping
17:26 thd kados: yes
17:16 kados thd: you around?
16:23 kados thd: I'll be thinking of a solution :-)
16:23 kados I'll be back soon, gotta do the bike thing for an hour or so
16:22 thd kados: my scheme is very extensible, although, I have nothing to support nested groups specifically yet
16:22 kados ways to see if a given target supports a given level of Type-101 queries
16:22 kados we need to figure out some good tests to try
16:22 kados well ... anyway ... I'm not sure to what extent Zebra supports the hierarchy
16:21 kados wow
16:21 thd kados: BnF does not support @not :(
16:21 kados (and possible XOR)
16:21 kados thd: so the grouping only applies when you're mixing OR and AND
16:21 thd kados: yes I understood the logic part
16:20 kados thd: there is an implied AND in NOT
16:20 kados thd: however, logically, the boolean operator NOT is really AND NOT
16:20 thd kados: I did that for a film and I found I had forgotten how to ride steadily
16:20 kados thd: that is true
16:20 kados thd: I've been roped into a bike ride :/
16:19 thd kados: my test shows that @and @not fails while @not works
16:19 kados thd: I'm back, but only briefly unfortuantely
15:36 kados * is the operator for those two
15:36 kados is the other
15:36 kados 6
15:35 kados is one operand
15:35 kados + 4 5
15:35 kados well ...
15:21 owen If you say '* + 4 5 6' how does the interpreter know how to group the numbers?
15:20 kados owen: does that make sense?
15:19 kados :-)
15:19 kados * + 4 5 6
15:19 kados or ...
15:18 kados * 6 + 4 5
15:18 kados woule be:
15:18 kados expressed in RPN/PQF (which use the same syntax)
15:18 dewey 54
15:18 kados (4 + 5) * 6
15:18 kados owen: pretend we're doing algebra
15:17 kados owen: just so you don't get left behind
15:16 kados thd_away: also, we need to figure out if it's possible to reprsent that in an easy form
15:15 kados thd_away: we need to do some testing
15:15 kados thd_away: and it seems to me that Zebra's implementation of it is fairly weak
15:14 kados thd_away: my implementation can't handle the full hierarchy
15:11 kados now I'm confused :-)
15:11 kados hmmm
15:03 kados thd_away: which slightly complicates things :-)
15:03 kados thd_away: @and @attr 1=4 harry @or @attr 1=4 potter @attr 1=4 goblet
15:03 kados thd_away: becomes:
15:03 kados thd_away: ti = harry) and ((ti = potter) or (ti = goblet))
15:02 kados surprises even :-)
15:02 kados but I'm not sure if there are other suprises too
15:02 kados harry and potter
15:02 kados or
15:02 kados "harry potter"
15:02 kados rather than:
15:02 kados and get a result
15:02 kados harry potter
15:02 kados for example, i realize that patrons expect to type:
15:01 kados it could use some general user testing
15:01 kados to see if I can intuit the error with a query before deciding how to treat it
15:01 kados I'll have to take a look at the possible feedback mechanisms that ZOOM gives me
15:01 kados there's not even much error checking
15:00 kados I haven't worked on it at all
15:00 kados right
15:00 owen You talked about making it work for google-like queries
15:00 owen Have you worked on the 'simple search' at all?
14:59 kados owen: sure
14:59 owen kados: one thing I forgot to ask...
14:46 thd kados: your query did not seem to take long
14:42 thd kados: maybe the query will be done then :)
14:42 kados I'll be back in about 10 minutes
14:41 thd kados: remember you are pulling down records from a dialup connection and the default target selection list is huge for finding obsure titles for Afognak
14:41 kados AHH
14:40 thd kados: if you construct a query with too many records returned you may be waiting a very long time
14:40 thd s/YAZ/PHP\/YAZ/
14:40 kados nothing yet
14:39 thd kados: YAZ converts it and you see the conversion at the top of the response page
14:39 kados thd: what toolkit do you use to map CCL2RPN?
14:39 kados do do you just pass it on in RPN?
14:39 thd kados: yes you can specify the host in the same way
14:39 kados thd: I'd like to see how ZEbra treats that CCL query
14:38 thd kados: however, if you do a test CCL search in my client such as (ti = harry) and ((ti = potter) or (ti = goblet))
14:38 kados I don't think ZOOM supports it :(
14:38 kados thd: can I specify the host in the CCL?
14:37 kados thd: 66.213.78.100:9900/biblios
14:36 kados thd: ok ... let me open up my Z39.50 port
14:35 thd kados: I did not do an exhaustive search but I do not think that is easy to find and expect that it is not there at all
14:35 thd kados: do not waste your time looking for something that they never documented
14:34 thd I do not know either except that you can write a CCL query in my Z30.50 client and see what comes back from nesting the parenthesis
14:33 kados I dont' understand how to represent that in PQF/RPN
14:33 kados :-)
14:33 kados harry AND (Potter OR Goblet)
14:33 kados or ...
14:33 kados find (harry AND potter) OR Goblet
14:32 kados but I don't know how to do:
14:32 thd kados: let me send you an extract of the cod so you can see clearly
14:32 kados find: harry AND Potter OR Goblet
14:32 kados I understand how to do:
14:32 kados and ... speaking of operators
14:32 thd kados: and of course I have working code
14:32 kados but ... how do you group your operators that way?
14:32 kados I hadn't thought of that
14:31 kados interesting
14:31 thd yes
14:31 kados and in the back end, just loop through all of them?
14:31 thd kados: host[] was just the example of first time I noticed this usage for repeated name attribute names
14:31 kados you mean have multiple <input> fields with the same name of 'search_field_term'?
14:30 kados what does it have to do with host[]?
14:30 kados almost
14:29 thd kados: do you understand my point about avoiding individually numbered name attributes for form variable names?
14:27 kados thd: I'm back
14:05 owen No :)
14:03 thd owen did you understand my point about the name attribute for form variable names?
14:03 owen thd: kados just left here, so he's in transit
13:52 thd kados: I have not implemented the arbitrarily expandable forms yet but I wanted to have the field order correct which it is not yet before I variabalised them.
13:40 thd kados: does that make any sense?
13:38 thd <thd> kados: adding arbitrary additional rows does not require creating new enumerated variables for the names of the fields.
13:38 thd <thd> kados: therefore, each row of search_field_whatever responses can be looped through
13:38 thd <thd> kados: in the case of textboxes, which I used for the Bib-1 form as search_field_term all textboxes are returned even if they have no values
13:38 thd <thd> kados: in the case of checkboxes for host[] which I renamed to target[] after I expanded the parameters only selected checkboxes form part of the get or post query
13:38 thd <thd> kados: that creates an array that can be looped through to find those with values.
13:38 thd <thd> kados: I noted that the Index Data implementation of a PHP/YAZ demonstration used "host[]" as the name for the four targets and CCL search box
13:38 thd <thd> kados: that requires enumerating variables to use additional fields for arbitrary form expansion
13:38 thd <thd> s/numer/number/
13:38 thd <thd> kados: your names are as I have always written forms in the past with a separate numer for each row of input fields
13:38 thd <thd> kados: one that is very important for allowing arbitrarily expandable forms to be easy to implement
13:38 thd <thd> kados: there is a very important ease of coding issue that is different
13:38 thd <thd> kados: ease of coding was an afterthought with respect to the RPN issue
13:36 thd I guess nothing I typed went through for several minutes
13:16 thd kados: it also makes it easier to code RPN
13:15 thd kados: it makes it possible for a much more flexible use of booleans independently for each textbox
13:15 kados why have boolean for the first one?
13:15 kados why is that?
13:14 thd s/each selection/each textbox unless you choose a command query/
13:13 thd kados: that is, there is a boolean drop down selection for each selection
13:12 thd kados: the first important thing is the boolean attached to the first field
13:11 thd kados: I will get back to that
13:11 thd kados: That is just a minor point but it was funny that we had the same thought about that almost
13:10 thd kados: I left the field order incorrect as I had originally
13:06 thd ?
13:06 kados thd: yep
13:06 thd kados: are you there now
13:00 thd owen or kados: are you there?