Re: Strange Search Results
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 56044
interpreted = N
texte = Justin Carroll wrote: > Why, when you type in "aslfkjsdlfj" or anything BESIDES a number, does it > return sku 1 and 3 but not 2? Thanks. > Because _any_ text (i.e. not a number) is equal to the number 0, and hence matches records 1 & 3. You will need to change your [search] context based on whether the [txtKeyword] field contains a number or not. You should probably be preprocessing the search term anyway to ensure that "search by date" is actually done with a date in the legal range (i.e. not 0). HTH John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Justin Carroll wrote: > Why, when you type in "aslfkjsdlfj" or anything BESIDES a number, does it > return sku 1 and 3 but not 2? Thanks. > Because _any_ text (i.e. not a number) is equal to the number 0, and hence matches records 1 & 3. You will need to change your [search] context based on whether the [txtKeyword] field contains a number or not. You should probably be preprocessing the search term anyway to ensure that "search by date" is actually done with a date in the legal range (i.e. not 0). HTH John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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