Re: [VuFind-Tech] Record lists

[Joe A. <jo...@bo...>]

Yeah, I find it unsettling that I need to go back to the browser to
recreate a new request when I could be satisfying it from the existing
request, just because I can't directly affect/replace params.  Is this
considered a Zend security/feature or something?


On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Demian Katz <dem...@vi...>wrote:

>  Excellent! Might be handy to have a controller plugin or AbstractBase
> method to set these things up -- seems like a problem that will recur, and
> having a tool like that would obviously have saved you some pain.
>
> - Demian
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Joe Atzberger [jo...@bo...]
> *Sent:* Friday, November 08, 2013 3:53 PM
>
> *To:* Demian Katz
> *Cc:* vufind-tech Tech
> *Subject:* Re: [VuFind-Tech] Record lists
>
>   OK, got it:
>
> /Records/Home?id[]=VuFind%7C15242   # works
> /Records/Home?id[]=VuFind|15242&id[]=VuFind|15407&id[]=VuFind|15344    #
> WINNER!
>
> --Joe
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Joe Atzberger <jo...@bo...> wrote:
>
>> Hmm, if I try:
>>
>> $this->params()->set('id', array("VuFind|15242", 15407, 15344));
>>
>>  I get:
>>
>>> PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined method
>>> Zend\\Mvc\\Controller\\Plugin\\Params::set()
>>
>>
>>  So that's a bummer.  Otherwise seems like you seem to be saying it has
>> to be done exclusively via URL, but that is rather weird because
>> semantically, order is not necessarily preserved in HTTP query args, and
>> you would want the list order preserved.  But if it works, I'm willing to
>> go with it.
>>
>>  The version you give results in a URL like::
>> /Records/Home?ids%5B%5D=VuFind%7C15242&ids%5B%5D=15407&ids%5B%5D=15344
>>
>> That seems off (since the braces shouldn't be necessary to array-ify
>> inherently repeatable HTTP query parameters).  Still returns empty set.
>>  Also tried:
>>
>>  /Records/Home?ids=15344&ids=15242
>> /Records/Home?ids=15344
>> /Records/Home?id=VuFind%7C15344
>> /Records/Home?id=15344
>>
>>  Only the latter worked.  So "id", not "ids"?  But it forwarded to
>> Record #1, not #15344!  (probably split the id string instead of the array)
>>
>>  Finally:
>>
>> /Records/Home?id[]=15242             # works AND gets right record!
>>  /Records/Home?id[]=15344&id[]=15242  # fails
>>
>>  So braces and something else?
>>
>>  Inching closer..
>> --joe
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Joe Atzberger <jo...@bo...> wrote:
>>
>>>  OK, the redirect is working, but my params setting is not.  What's the
>>> correct invocation?
>>>
>>>  $this->params = array('id' => array(123, 456, 789));  // removed (),
>>> still doesn't work
>>>
>>>  I guess I have to build a new Params object, of which there are... 19
>>> different types (on my system).
>>>
>>>  The "VuFind|123" form of the IDs didn't seem to change anything.
>>>
>>>  --Joe
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Joe Atzberger <jo...@bo...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So literally, in NewfangledController.php
>>>>
>>>>   public function someAction() {
>>>>>    $this->params() = array('id' => array(123, 456,789));
>>>>>    return $this->redirect()->toRoute('records-home');
>>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Is it that easy?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Demian Katz <dem...@vi...
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  One really easy way to do this, if you don't need to do any
>>>>> particular custom displays, is to redirect to the RecordsController, which
>>>>> is simply designed to page through a set of arbitrary IDs. If you need to
>>>>> custom-build something, you can use the \VuFind\Record\Loader to accomplish
>>>>> most of the work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does that help, or were you looking for something more specific?
>>>>>
>>>>> - Demian
>>>>>  ------------------------------
>>>>> *From:* Joe Atzberger [jo...@bo...]
>>>>> *Sent:* Friday, November 08, 2013 12:11 PM
>>>>> *To:* vufind-tech Tech
>>>>> *Subject:* [VuFind-Tech] Record lists
>>>>>
>>>>>   I know that the VuFind code answers this question a few different
>>>>> ways, but I wanted some human opinion on it: starting from a list of IDs
>>>>> (externally retrieved, hardcoded, whatever), what is the easiest way to
>>>>> have VuFind display the corresponding records?
>>>>>
>>>>> This problem seems to reoccur with great frequency.  Cart, Series,
>>>>> Holds, Favorites, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>  --Joe
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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