Re: oddball sorting problem [feature request]

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 55053
interpreted = N
texte = Terry, without getting into your problem too much I noticed that you also have a situation where, you don't want to return non-matching records if two (or more) non-"rq'd" criteria are not met. I just had one of these. It seems that Scott might want to look into another search peramiter... something like "&MultiAndRqd=," or somethiing like that... which says if both, non-required field1 and field2 do not contain matches, then no matches are returned. Just a thought. Donovan Terry Wilson wrote: > I put group1field in because I want to have the entry show up if date2 > is valid and date1 is past. But not all records will have a date2. So > combining them into one field was the only way it worked. You can't > require date2, or even date1 (if date 2 would be valid). Not requiring > either returns all the records, because another requirement in the > search allows all but one of the records (I could probably lose that > though). > > Terry > -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <-Graphic Design, and Pre-Press Consultation -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: oddball sorting problem [feature request] ( Donovan Brooke 2003)
Terry, without getting into your problem too much I noticed that you also have a situation where, you don't want to return non-matching records if two (or more) non-"rq'd" criteria are not met. I just had one of these. It seems that Scott might want to look into another search peramiter... something like "&MultiAndRqd=," or somethiing like that... which says if both, non-required field1 and field2 do not contain matches, then no matches are returned. Just a thought. Donovan Terry Wilson wrote: > I put group1field in because I want to have the entry show up if date2 > is valid and date1 is past. But not all records will have a date2. So > combining them into one field was the only way it worked. You can't > require date2, or even date1 (if date 2 would be valid). Not requiring > either returns all the records, because another requirement in the > search allows all but one of the records (I could probably lose that > though). > > Terry > -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <-Graphic Design, and Pre-Press Consultation -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Donovan Brooke

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