Re: The word TYPE in search contexts and fields

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 16471
interpreted = N
texte = Michael:I tried some test cases here before I responded. You say this doesn't happen all the time? Sometimes it works as expected? The examples you gave are probably specific enough for me to test it here if it is easily reproducable.John.>At 2:05 PM -0800 3/6/98, John Hill is rumored to have typed: > > >> Yes, it is smart enough to distingush between eqshiptypedata= and >>shiptype= (that is, a field named shiptype and ship). The problem is >>probably something more subtle. What sort of a search are you doing, what >>is being returned, and what do you expect? >> >> John. > >Sometimes I do a find and replace in a database like so: > >[REPLACE >db=/DB.db&neSKUdatarq=[BLANK]&eqINVdatarq=3&neTYPEdatarq=ant]INV3=5[/REPLACE] > >T >his sometimes ignores the neTYPEdatarq arg. > >When I use this (TYPE field coming first), >[REPLACE >db=/DB.db&neTYPEdatarq=ant&neSKUdatarq=[BLANK]&eqINVdatarq=3]INV3=5[/REPLACE] > >e >verything works fine. > >[SEARCH db=/MYDB.db&WATITLEdatarq=concrete&TITLEword=ww&neTYPEdatarq=ant] >[FOUNDITEMS] >[TITLE], [TYPE]
>[/FOUNDITEMS] >[/SEARCH] > >has produced results with TYPE=ant, but using >[SEARCH db=/MYDB.db &neTYPEdatarq=ant&WATITLEdatarq=concrete&TITLEword=ww] >doesn't. > >I'm never able to reproduce it on command, but I know I'm not imagining it. >This all takes place when I'm using just small snippits of code on a test page. > >It's weird. > >Michael > >Michael Winston *By Phone!: (503)/652/8815 x341 >Internet Coordinator *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.com >Dark Horse Comics, Inc. *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/ John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing Pacific Coast Software eCommerce / Web Developer Tools http://www.smithmicro.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: The word TYPE in search contexts and fields (Michael Winston 1998)
  2. Re: The word TYPE in search contexts and fields (John Hill 1998)
  3. Re: The word TYPE in search contexts and fields (Michael Winston 1998)
  4. Re: The word TYPE in search contexts and fields (John Hill 1998)
  5. The word TYPE in search contexts and fields (Michael Winston 1998)
Michael:I tried some test cases here before I responded. You say this doesn't happen all the time? Sometimes it works as expected? The examples you gave are probably specific enough for me to test it here if it is easily reproducable.John.>At 2:05 PM -0800 3/6/98, John Hill is rumored to have typed: > > >> Yes, it is smart enough to distingush between eqshiptypedata= and >>shiptype= (that is, a field named shiptype and ship). The problem is >>probably something more subtle. What sort of a search are you doing, what >>is being returned, and what do you expect? >> >> John. > >Sometimes I do a find and replace in a database like so: > >[REPLACE >db=/DB.db&neSKUdatarq=[BLANK]&eqINVdatarq=3&neTYPEdatarq=ant]INV3=5[/REPLACE] > >T >his sometimes ignores the neTYPEdatarq arg. > >When I use this (TYPE field coming first), >[REPLACE >db=/DB.db&neTYPEdatarq=ant&neSKUdatarq=[BLANK]&eqINVdatarq=3]INV3=5[/REPLACE] > >e >verything works fine. > >[SEARCH db=/MYDB.db&WATITLEdatarq=concrete&TITLEword=ww&neTYPEdatarq=ant] >[founditems] >[TITLE], [TYPE]
>[/FOUNDITEMS] >[/SEARCH] > >has produced results with TYPE=ant, but using >[SEARCH db=/MYDB.db &neTYPEdatarq=ant&WATITLEdatarq=concrete&TITLEword=ww] >doesn't. > >I'm never able to reproduce it on command, but I know I'm not imagining it. >This all takes place when I'm using just small snippits of code on a test page. > >It's weird. > >Michael > >Michael Winston *By Phone!: (503)/652/8815 x341 >Internet Coordinator *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.com >Dark Horse Comics, Inc. *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/ John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing Pacific Coast Software eCommerce / Web Developer Tools http://www.smithmicro.com John Hill

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