One-to-Many Apps in Caspio Bridge
TutorialOne-to-Many DataPagesNote: A new and easier way of
building one-to-many DataPages is under development, but for now,
heres how you can create great relational apps, without much
effort.
December 2009
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End Results One-to-Many Details Page2
Contact History is a child of Customers table. On the details
page Customers info is shown plus their Contact History and a web
form to submit new Log for this customer.
Tables Structure3
Call_Log is a the child table and CustID is the record ID from
the parent table. It creates a relationship with the parent table.
Note the data types.Customers table is primary and CustID is its
unique ID field.
DataPages in Details Page4
Three related DataPages will be configured for deployment into a
single Details page.
Search and Results DataPage 1 of 45
Instead of the standard details page, we pass CustID (Customer
ID) to a separate web page where the 3 DataPages are
deployed.Search FormResults PageDetails PageTwo screens of a Search
and Report DataPageSeparate Details pageCustID=x
Search and Results DataPage 2 of 46
Enable Advanced Options and Parameters
Search and Results DataPage 3 of 4The Key Step7
1. Insert an HTML block2: See below3: Insert the ID as a
parameter on the link
Step 2: Enter HTML link to where your details page will be
deployed. Link should be in the format
pagename.htm?ParamName=[@field:FieldName]In this example we use
< a
href=details.htm?CustID=[@field:CustID]>Detailspagename.htm:
Page name or extension doesnt matter, but this is the page where
the other 3 DataPages should be deployed in.
Search and Results DataPage 4 of 48
Disable the standard details page
Customer Details and Customer Contact History DataPages 1 of
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Enable Advanced Options and Parameters
Customer Details and Customer Contact History DataPages 2 of
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Choose Pre-defined criteria to avoid a search form Enable
Parameters so this DataPage can receive CustID Choose Bridge and
external parameters because the CustID will be passed as a
query-string value
Customer Details and Customer Contact History DataPages 3 of
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Select CustID as the only filtering field Configure CustID by
selecting the Advanced tab and enabling Receive parameter
Customer Details and Customer Contact History DataPages 4 of
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Customer Details DataPage: Select Direct to Details and
configure the Details page as you wish.
Customer Contact History: Select Tabular and configure the
Results page as you wish, without a details page.
New Log Web Form 1 of 413
Enable Advanced Options and Parameters
New Log Web Form 1 of 414
Set CustID to Hidden and in Advanced tab enable Receive
parameter. This will automatically stamp customer ID with every New
Log submission.
New Log Web Form 1 of 315
Set the next step as load the Same form
Deployment16Deploy the following to your Details Page:Customer
DetailsCustomer Contact HistoryNew Log Web FormMake sure the name
and location of this page matches the link you entered in the HTML
block of Search and Report.Deploy the Search & Report
DataPage
