A master page is a page that lists records and corresponding links for each record. When the user clicks a link, a detail page opens displaying more information about the record. For example, here’s a master page from the intranet site of a fictional company: When a user clicks one of the linked View icons, a detail page opens: A results page is a common type of master page. However, unlike the master page described in this section, the list of records on a results page is determined not by you, the designer, but by the user. (The user determines the list by conducting a database search.) For more information on this type of master page, see Building Pages that Search Databases. A detail page can be used to update or delete the record displayed. For more information on update and delete pages, see Building a page to update records and Building a page to delete a record. A master page consists of the following building blocks: A recordset A page layout to display multiple records A Go to Detail Page server behavior to open the detail page and pass the ID of the record the user clicked A detail page consists of the following building blocks: A page layout to display a single record A recordset to hold the record’s details Either a recordset filter to retrieve a specific record from the database table, or a Move To Specific Record server behavior to move to a specific record in the recordset.
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