Adobe 38040334 - Dreamweaver CS3 User Manual page 578

See also
"Presenting content with tables" on page 176
"Adding and formatting text" on page 226
Navigating database recordset results
Recordset navigation links let users move from one record to the next, or from one set of records to the next. For
example, after designing a page to display five records at a time, you might want to add links such as Next or Previous
that let users display the five next or previous records.
You can create four types of navigation links to move through a recordset: First, Previous, Next, and Last. A single
page can contain any number of these links, provided they all work on a single recordset. You can't add links to move
through a second recordset on the same page.
Recordset navigation links require the following dynamic elements:
•
A recordset to navigate
• Dynamic content on the page to display the record or records
•
Text or images on the page to serve as a clickable navigation bar
• A Move To Record set of server behaviors to navigate the recordset
You can add the last two elements by using the Record Navigation Bar server object, or you can add them separately
by using the design tools and the Server Behaviors panel.
Create a recordset navigation bar
You can create a recordset navigation bar in a single operation using the Recordset Navigation Bar server behavior.
The server object adds the following building blocks to the page:
• An HTML table with either text or image links
•
A set of Move To server behaviors
• A set of Show Region server behaviors
The text version of the Recordset Navigation Bar looks like this:
The image version of the Recordset Navigation Bar looks like this:
Before placing the navigation bar on the page, make sure the page contains a recordset to navigate and a page layout
in which to display the records.
After placing the navigation bar on the page, you can use the design tools to customize the bar to your liking. You
can also edit the Move To and Show Region server behaviors by double-clicking them in the Server Behaviors panel.
Dreamweaver creates a table that contains text or image links that allow the user to navigate through the selected
recordset when clicked. When the first record in the recordset is displayed, the First and Previous links or images are
hidden. When the last record in the recordset is displayed, the Next and Last links or images are hidden.
September 4, 2007
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