[DUG-TO] Passing arguments to Views

[Evan Leibovitch]

Ashok Modi GMAIL wrote:
> As Andrew said, Views is definetly the answer.  One suggestion I have
> for you is to install the advanced help module which Views greatly
> ties into.  It will explain a lot about the arguments you can pass in,
> fields, how to change the output of fields into links (and what it
> will get linked to), and so forth.  If you are using Drupal 6, the
> above is especially true (and would make your theming life a lot easier).
Thanks for the quick answer.

Actually, my problem is not within views itself but in how I can call it
with an appropriate argument.

I have the Link module installed which gives me a URL CCK field type.
I'm wondering if I can massage that so that the link I put in is
something like bookview/%lastname+", "+%initial  (if the view's URL is
"bookview")

At that point I think I have a good idea about how Views could be made
to handle it. It's the passing of the argument, not the receipt by
Views, that is my stumbling block.

- Evan