Re: When do we get to request new features?
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >Now would be a good time.Well, excellent. Here's the list. Clarifications upon request...* [WRITEFILE creator=some 4-letter code here] - this would let you dictate the creator of the generated text file. For example, creator=R*ch would generate a BBEdit file* [REFINE some search parameters][/REFINE] - For a lot of people datarq doesn't work the way they expect. Let's say you have some code that reads:[SEARCH db=some.db&eqFIELD1datarq=hello&eqFIELD2data=goodbye&eqFIELD3data=late r]Some might think that this would find all records that have (field1=hello & field2=goodbye) or (field1=hello & field3=later)Instead, it finds (field1=hello) or (field2=ggodbye) or (field3=later) This pretty much defeats the purpose of having a datarq on just one field.The way I see it, a [REFINE] within a [search] would let you perform a subsearch through the subset found by the [search], allowing the first result ([search some.db&eqfield1datarq=hello][REFINE eqFIELD2data=goodbye&eqFIELD3=later][/REFINE][/SEARCH]).I realize that this can be done with [SHOWIF]s but it's really awkward and cluttered.Sorry if this isn't clear. For some reason I find this terribly difficult to explain.* [DATETIME] and [math datetime] - I just finished a project that required a lot of figuring out how much time passed between day/time x and day/time y. I would have loved to have something that took the form: [MATH DATETIME]{02/03/1999,03:00:00}-{02/01/1999,05:00:00}[/MATH] and returned 00/01/0000,22:00:00 (or some other more malleable format).* [MATH DATE %m/%d/%y] - Compare which looks better: [MATH DATE %B, %d]{[DATE]}+{01/00/0000}[/MATH] or [FORMAT Days_To_date %B, %d][MATH]{[DATE]}+{01/00/0000}[/MATH][/FORMAT]I'd like to be able to use the former, cleaner code.* [lowercase]SoMe WoRdS[/lowercase]=some words* a case-insensitive [LOOKUP] would be nice, but I understand if that would screw up too many people's code. Although, an option in the tag might be nice (case=t or case=f) or a preference that would let you globalize the case-sensitivity of all your [lookup]s.* [ADDFIELD db=some.db&fieldname=NAME] - Useful for those databases that are always being modified for some reason or another. Usually, I have to shut off Web* and change the text file.
Even cooler would be the ability to place the field in a certain position. This would be pretty useful if you were using your database to gather data. If you could position the fields wherever you want, you could open the db in Excel and, voila, instant report.* [LISTVARIABLES name=&exact=t/f&type=math/text/both][/LISTVARIABLES] - I'm sure someone else already brought this up, but add my vote to it.* The ability to sort [listfiles] by date or kind instead of by name* The ability to sort the list generated by [LISTWORDS] alphabetically.Okay, that's all for now. Thanks for listening.Michael ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>Now would be a good time.Well, excellent. Here's the list. Clarifications upon request...* [WRITEFILE creator=some 4-letter code here] - this would let you dictate the creator of the generated text file. For example, creator=R*ch would generate a BBEdit file* [REFINE some search parameters][/REFINE] - For a lot of people datarq doesn't work the way they expect. Let's say you have some code that reads:[SEARCH db=some.db&eqFIELD1datarq=hello&eqFIELD2data=goodbye&eqFIELD3data=late r]Some might think that this would find all records that have (field1=hello & field2=goodbye) or (field1=hello & field3=later)Instead, it finds (field1=hello) or (field2=ggodbye) or (field3=later) This pretty much defeats the purpose of having a datarq on just one field.The way I see it, a [REFINE] within a [search] would let you perform a subsearch through the subset found by the [search], allowing the first result ([search some.db&eqfield1datarq=hello][REFINE eqFIELD2data=goodbye&eqFIELD3=later][/REFINE][/SEARCH]).I realize that this can be done with [showif]s but it's really awkward and cluttered.Sorry if this isn't clear. For some reason I find this terribly difficult to explain.* [DATETIME] and [math datetime] - I just finished a project that required a lot of figuring out how much time passed between day/time x and day/time y. I would have loved to have something that took the form: [MATH DATETIME]{02/03/1999,03:00:00}-{02/01/1999,05:00:00}[/MATH] and returned 00/01/0000,22:00:00 (or some other more malleable format).* [MATH DATE %m/%d/%y] - Compare which looks better: [MATH DATE %B, %d]{[date]}+{01/00/0000}[/MATH] or [FORMAT Days_To_date %B, %d][math]{[date]}+{01/00/0000}[/MATH][/FORMAT]I'd like to be able to use the former, cleaner code.* [lowercase]SoMe WoRdS[/lowercase]=some words* a case-insensitive [lookup] would be nice, but I understand if that would screw up too many people's code. Although, an option in the tag might be nice (case=t or case=f) or a preference that would let you globalize the case-sensitivity of all your [lookup]s.* [ADDFIELD db=some.db&fieldname=NAME] - Useful for those databases that are always being modified for some reason or another. Usually, I have to shut off Web* and change the text file. Even cooler would be the ability to place the field in a certain position. This would be pretty useful if you were using your database to gather data. If you could position the fields wherever you want, you could open the db in Excel and, voila, instant report.* [LISTVARIABLES name=&exact=t/f&type=math/text/both][/LISTVARIABLES] - I'm sure someone else already brought this up, but add my vote to it.* The ability to sort [listfiles] by date or kind instead of by name* The ability to sort the list generated by [listwords] alphabetically.Okay, that's all for now. Thanks for listening.Michael ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to
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