Re: [Semediawiki-user] Nesting ASK within IF inside a template

[Alex K. <ak...@cr...>]

An alternative solution would be to put multiple #ask queries inside of the
#if parser, e.g. {{#if: {{{revenue|}}}|{{#ask: query if revenue}}|{{#ask:
query if no revenue}}}}.

AK

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:59 AM, John Arrowwood <Jo...@ir...> wrote:

> It works fine for me. Here is an actual template:
>
> {{#ask:
> [[Category:Team.Scrum.Updates]]
> {{#if: {{{team|}}} | [[(team)::{{{team}}}]] }}
> {{#if: {{{date|}}} | [[(date)::{{{date}}}]] }}
> | format=table
> | mainlabel=-
> ...
> | limit = {{{limit|5}}}
> | sort = (date)
> | order = descending
> }}
>
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Edward Swing <de...@vs...>
> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to create a template for building queries. So I am interested
> > in nesting #if statements inside an #ask. For example:
> >
> >
> >
> > {{#ask: [[Category: Company]] {{#if: {{{revenue|}}} | [[revenue::
> > >{{{revenue}}}]] }}
> >
> > }}
> >
> >
> >
> > This should list all companies in the wiki with a revenue over the value
> > passed in (if it is set), or all companies (if it is not set). The
> revenue
> > clause is one of several that I am trying to link together (e.g., query
> > revenue + another property, each of which is optional).
> >
> >
> >
> > Does this work? If so, how? I am not getting it to work on my wiki yet.
> >
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