[DUG-TO] Passing arguments to Views

[Andre Molnar]

Evan,

Sounds like you're more or less on the right track - since arguments are
just added to the URL.

You could set up your view to take multiple arguments instead of trying
to stuff two arguments (first/last name) into one.

e.g. bookview/%1/%2 where 1 is last and 2 is first

andre

Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> 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
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