User Guide - NetObjects Fusion

Sorting Data
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Adding Conditional Statements
You can further narrow your query results or define how and which records are
displayed using the Conditions object. The Where clause filters records at the
database level; the conditional statement queries your Recordset results at the page
level as the page is presented to the user. For example, lets assume that you have a
Students table in your database. You have constructed a Recordset for your
Students table and returned 200 records of students whose major is Psychology.
Now, you would like to display these records on your website; however, you want
to display students at the senior level with a red font to set them apart. In this case,
you can build a conditional expression by searching the Classification field for
Senior. In NetObjects Fusion, it is possible to create a Conditions object that would
represent the following functionality:
If Classification = “Senior”
Else
EndIf
font = red
font = black
You can add multiple conditions to one expression by including an ElseIf object. If
you wanted to display records of freshman students in a blue font, the resulting
expression would be:
If Classification = “Senior”
font = red
ElseIf Classification= “Freshman”
Else
EndIf
font = blue
font = black
Notice that, like recordset iterators, each expression has a beginning object (If) and
a closing object (EndIf).