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Novice Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 39

#ALIAS find {#class dbshow 1;#FORALL %find( %1, "", "name") {#SAY %expanddb( %dbget( %i), %crlf, ": ")};#wait 1000;#class dbshow 0}

Ok so im using a script to match one name and it show the characters name, race and path. the above trigger works fine-ish... (the find alias works from a trigger over a clan talk channel)

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

You could put an #IF check around the stuff in the #FORALL. That would allow you to test %i to see if it was an exact match to %1 rather than a partial. Additional checks could be used to rule out invalid name-types (ie, names that are too short or too long) so you don't have to spend time searching for stuff you know isn't going to be in there.

#IF (&%i.name = %1) {do tell stuff} {do nothing, it's just a partial}

The part in bold I'm not sure is right. %find() should be returning database record numbers (ie, 1eq), but the idea is to get to the name part (that would be either & or @, but I forget which and it should be easily found in the helpfile).

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:10 am

There is indeed a simple way. Instead of %find, use %query.

Ie:
#ALIAS find {#class dbshow 1;#FORALL %query( &name = "%1") {#SAY %expanddb( %dbget( %i), %crlf, ": ")};#wait 1000;#class dbshow 0}

Novice Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 39

thanks :)