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[Shown_First]

Tag Link [Shown_First] Category Results
Type Substitution Source Available No
Support Preferred Version 3.0
Change Unchanged Data Source Any
Output Type Integer Security None
Implementation LCAPI Sets Lasso 8.5, Lasso 8.0, Lasso 7.0, Lasso 6.0, Lasso 5.0, Lasso 3.x

Description

[Shown_First] returns the number of the first record shown from the found set. Usually the same value as [SkipRecords_Value].

This tag can be used within the [Inline] ... [/Inline] tags that perform a database action or in a format file which is the response to an HTML form or URL that performs a database action. This tag cannot be used within [Records] ... [/Records] tags that reference a named inline.

Syntax

[Shown_First]

Parameters

No Parameters Required.

Examples

To return the number of the first record found by a database search:

Use the [Shown_First] tag. The following [Inline] ... [/Inline] tags perform a search in the People table of the Contacts database for all records and returns the index of the first record found.

[Inline: -FindAll,
    -Database='Contacts',
    -Table='People',
    -KeyField='ID',
    -MaxRecords=5]
  <br>Showing  records from [Shown_First] to [Shown_Last].
[/Inline]

<br>Showing records from 1 to 5.