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[Zolla Michalak]

ok. I've decided to instead try to append the record number [rn] to the
name, so that each variable has a unique name. Now I'm just trying to
figure out how to access the [rn] varaible, or at least some way I can
loop through the different records in the dbf file. Sounds easier than it
is.
          
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   Zolla Michalak
   Support Systems Analyst
   HWR, University of Arizona

   http://php.iupui.edu/~zwadswor
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On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Stephen Lime wrote:

> MapServers itemquery kinda sucks. You can have only one item, but with multiple
> values (i.e. name=county value=Pima value=George). Anything more sophisticated
> should be handled using another mechanism in conjunction with MapScript. The XBase
> module for Perl is far better than anything I could write so I've deffered to it and other
> tools instead of bulking out itemquery.
> 
> Steve
> 
> Stephen Lime
> Internet Applications Analyst
> 
> Minnesota DNR
> 500 Lafayette Road
> St. Paul, MN 55155
> 651-297-2937
> 
> >>> Zolla Michalak <michalak at hwr.arizona.edu> 07/27/00 12:39PM >>>
> 
> This may be a stupid question. Let me know if I'm making this more
> difficult than it needs to be.
> 
> Can someone please tell me how mapserver is able to grab name-value pairs
> in the HTML form with the same name and different values (i.e. name=layer
> value=snotel, name=layer value=rtg) without overwriting the first value
> with the second value? If you can tell me which file the code is in, I'll
> go look it up. 
> 
> I am trying to write a perl script for my map application that will do the
> same thing. I need to pass name-vals for a set of variables that have a
> different value for each record in the database. 
> 
> Here's a simplified picture of what I'm doing:
> 
> name = recordNumber  	value = 1
> name = state		value = AZ
> name = county 		value = Pima
> 
> name= recordNumber 	value = 2
> name = state 		value = WY
> name = county 		value = George
> 
> etc...
> 
> I want to be able to send these through cgi without having the record 2
> values overwrite the record 1 values, and so on. And all I need to do is
> print them out. 
> 
> Thanks!
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>    Zolla Michalak
>    Support Systems Analyst
>    HWR, University of Arizona
> 
>    http://php.iupui.edu/~zwadswor 
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