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Re: [Semediawiki-user] #ask: with format = template
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From: Thomas S. <sch...@on...> - 2009-02-19 16:01:14
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Hi Patrick,<br>
thanks for your answer.<br>
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Well, I'm about doing complicated stuff with templates, but maybe I can
clarify my two points with two simpler use cases:<br>
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<li>Derive values of properties: Imagine an article "super" that
derives its property "prop1" in some way (i.e. a query) from the
property "prop1" of the articles "sub 1" to "sub n". So, in "super" I
could write [[prop1::{{#ask:...[[prop1::+]]|limit=1}}]]. Unfortunatly,
the result of the query needs to be further evaluated by a template, so
I have to assign the result of the query within the template
([[prop1::{{{1}}}]]). And in general, within the template, I don't know
the name of the property, i.e. prop1. Why? Because there is not only
"prop1" but also "prop2"..."prop6" that are set by the same query. So I
put the whole query into another template that is parameterized with
the name of the property e.g. something like
{{evaluate|prop1}}...{{evaluate|prop6}}.</li>
<li>The use case for my second point is simpler: {{#ask:
...|format=template|template=colorizeResults}}. The template
"colorizeResult" should highlight some of the results in a given color.
But unfortunately, I can not pass the color. It would like something
like |format=template|template=colorizeResults|templParams=red,blue. I
think, I can't achieve this with inlcusions ot other templates.</li>
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Cheers<br>
Thomas<br>
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Patrick Nagel schrieb:
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Hi Thomas,
On 2009-02-19 22:16, Thomas Schweitzer wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I've got two questions concerning #ask: queries with format=template.
1. As template parameters {{{1}}},... I get the results of the query. But
how can I access the names of the properties (i.e. the "column headers")
within the template? This is very useful if the same template is used for
several differents queries.
2. How can I pass additional parameters to the template? I wrote a template
that behaves differently depending on a context that is given as parameter
of the template. However, with format=template and template=xxx this does
not seem to be possible.The very unpleasing alternative would be writing a
new template for each context.
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Sounds like you are putting a lot of complexity into one single template - why
not make multiple simpler templates that transclude each other? Specify the
specialised templates in the ask query and let these specialised templates
include the common stuff from another template.
I think the template result format should be kept stupid and simple as it is,
otherwise it will be just too confusing.
Just my 2分...
Patrick.
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