Randy Murray asked 4 weeks ago
Victor Font answered 4 weeks ago
Randy Murray
replied 4 weeks ago Thxs Victor, it's the little things that matter..lol I inserted the = sign into the string on the search page confirmation string and now I am partially operational? When I trigger a search with "MLA" selected it works but "MP" only returns 3 records - vacant positons? I am in the middle of building a national scorecard to address Bill C-293 and my head is not in the search problem.. I can't see it? I really appreciate your help, thoughts?
Randy Murray
replied 4 weeks ago Also some of the the other options in the title dropbox do not have records yet, only MLA, MP and Senator. thxs
Victor Font
replied 4 weeks ago Formidable does not save empty field values. You will get a "no records found" message if the title field didn't have a value that somehow matches MP. You'll have to use the form entries page or PHPMyAdmin to troubleshoot your data issues.
As an FYI, when I build search forms that use dropdowns to select values, I use the frm_setup_new_fields_vars hook to assure the only values in the dropdown are values that are actually stored for that field in the database. Searching for only existing values assures better results.
https://formidableforms.com/knowledgebase/frm_setup_new_fields_vars/
Randy Murray
replied 4 weeks ago Victor, I really did ask for "Paid" help and feel like I am leaning on you. Please let me know if it's ok to keep asking you for help like this. I have update three of the records in the MP title entry form and now when I execute a search I get the three records that I just updated. I looked in my WP-adm data base files and see that image records attached to these updaters appear in the same folder as all the other MP image records, so the data base has them stored fine. What do you suggest? Should I blow away the search title dropdown box and redo it, your suggestion above I am not yet completely comfortable with. Seems like the search form, that "title" box, does not see all the records? So frustrating, any guidance is appreciated.
Randy Murray
replied 4 weeks ago I am now thinking that when I encountered the problem with the = sign missing in the confirmation search string that I deleted the original dropdown box in the search form and rebuilt it before I fixed the = sign error? Could the problem be that I changed the original dropdown box in the entry form and now the search dropdown does not see the original data? People are depending on me to get this fixed as it is used in Town Hall presentations starting tomorrow here in BC ...
Victor Font
replied 4 weeks ago <p>What do you mean you changed the dropdown in the entry form? If you changed the original dropdown on the entry form by deleting it and adding it back in, you deleted any data associated with that field since the time it was originally added to the form.</p>
Randy Murray
replied 4 weeks ago sorry to be confusing Victor. I thought I may have done that but checked and all the data is still there and all the records are returned for all other boxes. I rebuilt the complete search page and have the same error. for some reason the dropdown box fields are not connecting to the data... yet the three new records I entered today are returned when I search the title dropdown. So old records entered and identified with a specific title ( MP, MLA etc) are not found but the new records with the same identification are.
Randy Murray
replied 4 weeks ago I am using the same entry form to collect the data, for the records , that has not changed..
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