selectrecord

command=selectrecord&<parameter>=<value>&...

• priref (Integer) record number of the record to select.
• output (String) [optional] output format to be returned. Values for output can be either json or xml (xml is the default, so you don't need to specify that explicitly). However, the output format produced by jQuery applications is always JSON, so you don't need to specify the output type there either.
  Read more about JSON output here.
• callback (String) [optional] returns JSON output wrapped in brackets with your callback function name, for AJAX requests: <callback function name>( <JSON output> ); You don't need to specify output=json, because the output format is JSON by default.

Description

You can use a selection to collect records (with getselections) for some common goal, like storing them in a saved search (aka pointer file).
A selection can only be made if in the current session a search yielded a result set, and you want to select a record in that result set. The selection remains intact during the current session and applies only to this session (so you won't be able to observe a WebAPI record selection in your Collections application). In the return XML, selected records have the attribute selected="True" present in the <record> node, for example: <record priref="2" selected="True">.

Examples

• Start a stateful session show

  For selection commands to work, an active session is required. Usually, a session will be started implicitly when the user begins submitting WebAPI requests, so this explicit startsession command will often not be required. See the startsession command documentation for more information.

  http://test2.adlibsoft.com/api/wwwopac.ashx?database=collect.inf&command=startsession

  run example select text

• Search all records: return all records from collect.inf show

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  http://test2.adlibsoft.com/api/wwwopac.ashx?database=collect.inf&search=all

  run example select text

• From the result set of the example above, select the record with record number 2 show

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  http://test2.adlibsoft.com/api/wwwopac.ashx?database=collect.inf&command=selectrecord&priref=2

  run example select text

Description

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Examples

• Return all records from collect.inf and from the result set, select the record with record number 2 show

  // Prepare a record set for results 
  recordSet = new AdlibRecordSet(conn, "collect.inf");
  
  // Search all records
  recordSet.Search("all");
  
  // Select record 2
  recordSet.SelectRecord(2);

  select text

Description

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Examples

• Return all records from collect.inf and from the result set, select the record with record number 2 and then deselect it show

  var url = "http://test2.adlibsoft.com/api/wwwopac.ashx";
  
  $().adlibdata(url,
  { database: "collect.inf", search: "all" },
  function (adlibJSON) {
    alert(adlibJSON.diagnostic.hits);
    $().adlibdata(url,
    { database: "collect.inf", command: "selectrecord", priref: 2 },
    function (adlibJSON) {
       alert(adlibJSON.diagnostic.hits);
       $().adlibdata(url,
       { database: "collect.inf", command: "deselectrecord", priref: 2 },
       function (adlibJSON) {
          alert(adlibJSON.diagnostic.hits);
      });
    });
  });

  select text