Re: Date search bug

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17641
interpreted = N
texte = Hmmm. I did avoid [date] directly for that very reason, but you have a point there. I will attempt some tests with date totally removed from the fieldname and see what happens.nelson@fwgi.com wrote: > > Try this. It may or may not solve the problem, I have experienced problem when defining a field > name similar to a reserved word. In this case, the problem could lie > > [accdate] > > contains [date] which is reserved. > > try to use [accddd] or something like that and see if this possible bug will go away > > Nelson > > Gil Poulsen wrote: > > > Ken commented on this privately earlier, but I wanted to bring it back to the > > list now because it appears to be a legitimate bug. > > > > Using WebCat plug-in 2.1.3; WebSTAR 3.0 with plenty of RAM allocated, the > > following search context in one of my templates causes WebSTAR to choke for > > 2-3 seconds, and then crash completely: > > > >
> > Search the access log by date:       > >
> > > > When I remove the &accdatetype=date from the search context, it processes it > > in less than a second and doesn't crash WebSTAR. Otherwise, it takes 1-2 > > seconds to return or it crashes completely. It seems to be searching fine > > without the type=date. The accdate field is in the form of mm/dd/yyyy. > > > > As Ken noted, this type of search will work properly without defining the > > field as a type=date, but other searches will not. The database only has about > > 100 entries in it at this point, certainly nowhere near large enough to stall > > WebCat. I thought 2.1.3 might fix the problem, but it made no difference. > > > > -- > > Gil Poulsen, Webmaster > > > > ************************************************************** > > * AltiM@c * Phone: (732) 469-2567 * > > * 429 St. Giles Court * FAX: (732) 469-5823 * > > * Somerset, NJ * e-mail: help@altimac.com * > > * 08873 * WWW: http://www.altimac.com * > > **************************************************************-- Gil Poulsen, Webmaster************************************************************** * AltiM@c * Phone: (732) 469-2567 * * 429 St. Giles Court * FAX: (732) 469-5823 * * Somerset, NJ * e-mail: help@altimac.com * * 08873 * WWW: http://www.altimac.com * ************************************************************** Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Date search bug? (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  2. Re: Date search bug (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  3. Re: Date search bug (Gil Poulsen 1998)
  4. Re: Date search bug (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  5. Re: Date search bug (Gil Poulsen 1998)
  6. Re: Date search bug (John Hill 1998)
  7. Re: Date search bug (Gil Poulsen 1998)
  8. Date search bug (Gil Poulsen 1998)
  9. Re: Date search bug (nelson@fwgi.com 1998)
  10. Re: Date search bug (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  11. Date search bug (Kenneth Grome 1997)
Hmmm. I did avoid [date] directly for that very reason, but you have a point there. I will attempt some tests with date totally removed from the fieldname and see what happens.nelson@fwgi.com wrote: > > Try this. It may or may not solve the problem, I have experienced problem when defining a field > name similar to a reserved word. In this case, the problem could lie > > [accdate] > > contains [date] which is reserved. > > try to use [accddd] or something like that and see if this possible bug will go away > > Nelson > > Gil Poulsen wrote: > > > Ken commented on this privately earlier, but I wanted to bring it back to the > > list now because it appears to be a legitimate bug. > > > > Using WebCat plug-in 2.1.3; WebSTAR 3.0 with plenty of RAM allocated, the > > following search context in one of my templates causes WebSTAR to choke for > > 2-3 seconds, and then crash completely: > > > >
> > Search the access log by date:       > >
> > > > When I remove the &accdatetype=date from the search context, it processes it > > in less than a second and doesn't crash WebSTAR. Otherwise, it takes 1-2 > > seconds to return or it crashes completely. It seems to be searching fine > > without the type=date. The accdate field is in the form of mm/dd/yyyy. > > > > As Ken noted, this type of search will work properly without defining the > > field as a type=date, but other searches will not. The database only has about > > 100 entries in it at this point, certainly nowhere near large enough to stall > > WebCat. I thought 2.1.3 might fix the problem, but it made no difference. > > > > -- > > Gil Poulsen, Webmaster > > > > ************************************************************** > > * AltiM@c * Phone: (732) 469-2567 * > > * 429 St. Giles Court * FAX: (732) 469-5823 * > > * Somerset, NJ * e-mail: help@altimac.com * > > * 08873 * WWW: http://www.altimac.com * > > **************************************************************-- Gil Poulsen, Webmaster************************************************************** * AltiM@c * Phone: (732) 469-2567 * * 429 St. Giles Court * FAX: (732) 469-5823 * * Somerset, NJ * e-mail: help@altimac.com * * 08873 * WWW: http://www.altimac.com * ************************************************************** Gil Poulsen

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