Re: math mistake?

[vbrtrmn]

I use this for a guestbook, the data is sent via get with a simple link.

# number of rows in db, this is actually pulled from the
# database, i'll just do 1000 here.
my $termNUM = 1000;

my $numberset = param('value');
# if no value is passed or if someone passes 0
# this sets it to 1
if ($numberset eq "") {
        $numberset = 1;
} elsif ($numberset eq 0) {
        $numberset = 1;
}

$origNUM = $termNUM - 25; # 25 is the entries i want to view per page
$termNUM = $rowNUM - (($numberset - 1) * 26); 
# 26 is the entries plus 1, i guess i could have set a variable, but i
+'m lazy

to generate the links, i use a subroutine:

sub Test25 {
  if ($termNUM < $rowNUM) {
    print "<div style=\"text-align: left; float: left;\"><a href=\"?va
+lue=".($numberset - 1)."\">View Previous 25 Entries</a></div>\n";
  }
  if ($origNUM > 1) {
    print "<div style=\"text-align: right; float: right;\"><a href=\"?
+value=".($numberset + 1)."\">View Next 25 Entries</a></div><BR>\n";
  }
}

you'll have to modify this a bit for your own use.

--
paul

[Coruscate]

my $numberset = param('value');
if ($numberset eq "") {
        $numberset = 1;
} elsif ($numberset eq 0) {
        $numberset = 1;
}

Rather than testing for string emptiness and numerical zero, you could change the above snippet to one simple line. It will catch undefined, empty string, or number zero:

my $numberset = param('value') || 1;

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