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Display lookup values in list1 [message #1479]

Tue, 15 July 2008 16:01

bonzo_bcn
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Registered: June 2008

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My table has several lookup values:
1,basketball
2,footbal
etc.

In the list1 transaction only the number is displayed. Is it possible to display the name instead of the number?

[Updated on: Tue, 15 July 2008 16:01]

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Re: Display lookup values in list1 [message #1508 is a reply to message #1479]

Fri, 18 July 2008 07:02

AJM
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Registered: April 2006
Location: Surrey, UK

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Yes. Simply define that column as being a dropdown list, as described in http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/infrastructure-faq.html #faq09. It will then display the representation (eg: 'basketball') instead of the value (eg: '1').

Tony Marston
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http://www.radicore.org

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Re: Display lookup values in list1 [message #1510 is a reply to message #1479]

Fri, 18 July 2008 10:31

bonzo_bcn
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I found out that if the description field of each dropdown had the same name, then the description wasn't displayed, that was the problem I had.

For example:

Category table:
category_id
name

Sport table:
sport_id
name

Then if in the 'team' table you define two fields as dropdowns to this tables, as both have the same description name, the name was not displayed. I changed the field names to:
Category table:
category_id
category_desc

Sport table:
sport_id
sport_desc

and it worked.

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Re: Display lookup values in list1 [message #1511 is a reply to message #1510]

Fri, 18 July 2008 10:42

AJM
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Registered: April 2006
Location: Surrey, UK

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Using generic names such as ID, DESCRIPTION or NAME on different tables is never a good idea IMHO, for reasons discussed in http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/database-design.html#fi eld.names.and.content.

I'm glad you've got your problem sorted out.

Tony Marston
http://www.tonymarston.net
http://www.radicore.org

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