[Mediawiki-l] Store data in an template

[VanBuren Darren, L.]

Mediawiki wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there a way to store  general information in a template and access parts 
> of that information by a conditional call of the template?
>
> An example could be a list of first name and surname of people working in 
> defined positions in different departments. A template call to find out the 
> Surname could then look like this
>
> {{People_Info
> |Department=DepartementA
> |Position=Accountant
> |Surname}}
>
> where DepartementA and Accountant define which surname has to be displayed.
>
> I tried a lot with the parser functions #if and #ifeq but the result is not 
> really satisfying.
>
> Is there an 'easier' solution available?
>
> Albert
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> MediaWiki-l mailing list
> MediaWiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
>
>   
I don't know that you can do that. Your best bet would be store it in a 
MySQL / PostgreSQL DB and write an extension with a special page to 
access the database, and allow you to search it.

-- 
Darren VanBuren
Admistrator of Onekopakaspace