Default Search

Matt Prigge mprigge@pobox.com
Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:43:07 -0700


Hi All,
    Is there a way that I can specify a certain source to do the equivalent
of a 'SELECT * FROM source' by default? I ask because when some users click
on the 'contacts' menu in IMP, they expect to see a list of their contacts.
Many dont understand that they have to do a search just to see a list. We
use a local SQL database to store personal address books, so it would be
great if a full search could be a default action. I used to specify this
using get args in the URL that IMP called, but I'm not really sure where it
calls it from anymore. If this could be some kind of per-source preference,
I would think that would work too. The only other idea I had was to create
an entirely new default page that would display all of the contacts in the
default database. I haven't thought it through too much though, so this
might be a bad idea. I am interested in hearing others thoughts.

thanks! - matt