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Hemant_SoniHemant_Soni 

Alphabat search

Hi.....
i am trying to do searching with header alphabat but it is not gives right output so please help me.....
and  i am very confuse about the quey because i am use 26 query for alphbat search..
HERE IS MY CONTROLLER
public class searchcontroller {
    String sortDirection = 'ASC';
    String sortExp = 'name';
    string searchaccount;
    list < account > lst;
    public string getsearchtext() {
        return searchaccount;
    }
    public void setsearchtext(string s) {
        searchaccount = s;
    }
    public string getsearchtext1() {
        return searchaccount;
    }
    public void setsearchtext1(string s1) {
        searchaccount = s1;
    }

    public list < account > getlst() {
        return lst;
    }
    public PageReference doSearch() {
        if (searchaccount =='' && searchaccount != null) {
            lst = [SELECT id, name, phone, billingcity from Account ORDER by name limit 27];
        } else {
            if (searchaccount == 'A') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'A%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'B') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'B%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'C') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'C%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'D') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'D%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'E') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'E%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'F') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'F%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'G') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'G%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'H') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'H%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'I') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'I%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'J') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'J%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'K') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'K%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'L') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'L%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'M') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'M%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'N') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'N%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'O') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'O%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'P') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'P%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'Q') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'Q%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'R') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'R%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'S') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'S%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'T') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'T%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'U') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'U%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'V') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'V%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'W') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'W%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'X') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'X%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'Y') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'Y%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'Z') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like 'Z%'limit 5];
        } else
        if (searchaccount == 'All') {
            lst = [SELECT id, Name, phone, billingcity FROM Account where name like '%'limit 5];
        }
        }       
        return null;
        }
    public PageReference next() {
        return doSearch();
    }
    public PageReference previous() {
        return doSearch();
    }
    public String sortExpression {
        get {
            return sortExp;
        }
        set {
            if (value == sortExp)
                sortDirection = (sortDirection == 'ASC') ? 'DESC' : 'ASC';
            else
                sortDirection = 'ASC';
            sortExp = value;
        }
    }
    public String getSortDirection() {
        if (sortExpression == null || sortExpression == '')
            return 'ASC';
        else
            return sortDirection;
    }
    public void setSortDirection(String value) {
        sortDirection = value;
    }
    public PageReference ViewData() {
        string sortFullExp = sortExpression + ' ' + sortDirection;
        lst = Database.query('Select id, Name, BillingCity, BillingCountry, Phone from Account order by ' + sortFullExp + ' limit 27');
        return null;
    }
}


and This is my VF page


<apex:page controller="searchcontroller">
    <apex:form >
        <script type='text/javascript'>
            function runOnEnter(ev) {
                if (window.event && window.event.keyCode == 13 || ev.which == 13) {
                    searchAccRecs();
                    return false;
                } else {
                    return true;
                }
            }
        </script>
        <apex:pageBlock title="Search Account" id="block">
            <span style="position:initial; top:145px; left:840px;">
            <apex:commandLink value="A |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="B |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="C |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="D |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="E |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="F |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="G |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="H |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="I |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="J |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="K |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="L |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="M |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="N |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="O |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="P |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="Q |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="R |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="S |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="T |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="U |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="V |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="W |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="X |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="Y |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="Z |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="Other |" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
            <apex:commandLink value="All" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block"/>&nbsp;
             </span>
            <apex:pageBlockSection title="Account">
                <apex:outputLabel for="searchaccount" rendered="false">Search Text</apex:outputLabel>
                <apex:inputText id="searchaccount" value="{!searchText}" onkeypress="return runOnEnter(event);" />
                <apex:commandButton value="search" style="position:initial; top:195px; left:450px;" onkeypress="return" action="{!doSearch}" status="searchStaus" reRender="block" id="thesearch" />
                <apex:actionstatus id="searchStaus">
                    <apex:facet name="start">
                        <span style="color:red;font-weight:bold; position:fixed; top:220px; left:500px;">searching...</span>
                        <img src="/img/loading.gif" alt="" style="position:fixed; top:220px; left:600px;" />
                    </apex:facet>
                    &nbsp;
                </apex:actionstatus>
            </apex:pageBlockSection>
            <apex:pageBlockSection title="Detail View" id="lst" rendered="{!NOT(ISNULL(lst))}">
                <apex:pageBlockTable value="{!lst}" var="l" rendered="{!NOT(ISNULL(lst))}" style="width:242%;">
                    <apex:column value="{!l.Id}">
                        <apex:facet name="header">
                        <apex:commandLink action="{!ViewData}" value="Account id{!IF(sortExpression=='id',IF(sortDirection='ASC','▼','▲'),'')}" reRender="block">
                                <apex:param value="id" name="column" assignTo="{!sortExpression}"></apex:param>
                            </apex:commandLink>
                        </apex:facet>
                    </apex:column>
                    <apex:column value="{!l.Phone}">
                        <apex:facet name="header">
                            <apex:commandLink action="{!ViewData}" value="Phone{!IF(sortExpression=='Phone',IF(sortDirection='ASC','▼','▲'),'')}" reRender="block">
                                <apex:param value="Phone" name="column" assignTo="{!sortExpression}"></apex:param>
                            </apex:commandLink>
                        </apex:facet>
                    </apex:column>
                    <apex:column value="{!l.BillingCity}">
                        <apex:facet name="header">
                            <apex:commandLink action="{!ViewData}" value="Billing City{!IF(sortExpression=='BillingCity',IF(sortDirection='ASC','▼','▲'),'')}" reRender="block">
                                <apex:param value="BillingCity" name="column" assignTo="{!sortExpression}"></apex:param>
                            </apex:commandLink>
                        </apex:facet>
                    </apex:column>
                    <apex:column value="{!l.Name }">
                        <apex:facet name="header">
                            <apex:commandLink action="{!ViewData}" value="Name{!IF(sortExpression=='Name',IF(sortDirection='ASC','▼','▲'),'')}" reRender="block">
                                <apex:param value="Name" name="column" assignTo="{!sortExpression}"></apex:param>
                            </apex:commandLink>
                        </apex:facet>
                    </apex:column>
                </apex:pageBlockTable>
            </apex:pageBlockSection>
        </apex:pageBlock>
        <apex:actionFunction name="searchAccRecs" action="{!doSearch}" reRender="block" />
    </apex:form>
</apex:page>
 
pconpcon
No where on your Visualforce page are you actually setting the searchAccount variable that you are using for your queries.  Additionally the following statement can never be true.
 
if (searchaccount =='' && searchaccount != null) {