[thelist] Andrew's drill-down problem (was: Select - forms)

[Andrew]

>So you preclude non-local people, or people about to move into an area
>from using your service? If so, how. If not, this statement is irelevant
>to your problem.

why does it exclude anyone from looking for a business in a county they do not
live?


>Why do you want to make this so tortuous? It's very simple. You have a
>database. You want to selectively expose your data to a user via the
>web. The criteria on which to select the data to expose? Business type.
>What is the most intuitive manner in which to narrow down which of the
>specified business types are displayed? Geographical location. What do
>you require in a UI to accommodate this process? Three text fields.
>Number 1 is required and accepts a full or partial string representation
>of the business type. Numbers 2 and 3 are optional, and accept town/city
>and county respectively. Whatever the user shall enter, then these
>criteria shall be searched on.[0]

This is a one step process, and the
>user can get as broad or narrow a cross section of results as they like.
>
I think you say it all here and have missed the whole point of having a
selection sucj as this (and this is an important topic to cover* navigaton)
broad or narrow instead of *specific*
>
>You must forget everything you've already done, and attack the problem
>anew. Rudy was absolutely correct, this is not a problem with code. If
>you insist on preserving evil code because you can't bear to part with
>it, your project will fail.


?? evil code where ?


>> If a business is in more than one town or county not a
>> problem it gets listed as many times as the company is
>> unique. Does this making sense?



>In the words of Paul Daniels, "not a lot".
>
>Keep at it, it will all become clear. You should now have had all of the
>advice that you need to make this project work cleanly, intuitively and
>efficiently. Just maintain focus on the goal, which in your case is
>providing a service to Joe Public.
>
>Can this thread die now? Please? Pretty please?

Are you beng serious? Is this list for jokers who *think* they are better and
know better than everyone else.

This thread is dead (I got the last word) as I kept within the realm of the
thread albeit a slight deviation do I owe a tip or does being a tit count as an
waver?

Rudy you are a god ;p

Andrew