Title: Custom database search…
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Custom database search…

 *  [chadrt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chadrt/)
 * (@chadrt)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-database-search-1/)
 * Ok so here goes my lengthy explanation… (I figure if you have the whole picture
   I am more likely to receive help that matters!)
 * I have a database that contains near 1.3 million records in each of 3 different
   tables. This database contains information for every “Amateur Radio Operator”(
   Ham Radio) in the US and its possessions. I have back end shell scripts that 
   do a daily update by downloading raw pipe delimited data from the FCC and loading
   it into a database. On Sundays it wipes the database and reloads it with the 
   latest complete database available from the FCC.
 * Then I have a page where someone can go to search for themselves or others. Do
   more advanced searches based on partial callsigns or location based searches 
   etc. With more planned for the lookups in the future.
 * Here is a sample page:
    [http://chadsystems.us/csdb/](http://chadsystems.us/csdb/)
 * I want to incorporate the lookup and responses into a WordPress page. The database
   exists outside the WordPress database structure. So my problem becomes these…
 * a) How do I incorporate the lookup page into WordPress
    b) Once there I cant 
   just pass a search term to the page I have to pass it WordPress who in turn needs
   to pass it to my page. c) Once there the script needs to display itself inside
   that same page.
 * I HATE IFRAMES, LOL So that is out there I know I can incorporate the scripts
   into an iframe tag but that is just hinky and I want a smoother way of doing 
   this that is integrated into my WP installation.

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 *  Thread Starter [chadrt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chadrt/)
 * (@chadrt)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-database-search-1/#post-5735061)
 * I could not find a way to delete this post or I would have moved it to the Hacks
   sub forum. My apologies in advance!!

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