Re: Strange Search Results
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 56046
interpreted = N
texte = I completely understood that I wouldn't be getting an exact solution. I = think those that did respond understood my situation and they have done = alot to help me. It was my misunderstanding of how [search] handles text = when it's searching with a data type of num that created my problem in the = first place. Obviously you haven't checked out the page I posted or you'd know that we'= re not dealing with dates here. We're dealing with numbers. The database = header end_date held a date turned into a number. Justin Carroll On Thursday, April 1, 1943, Glenn Busbin
wrote: >>I apologize. I'm not authorized to give you my exact code. I >did post a test though that shows the same thing I'm running up >against. > > >If you can't post the exact code, don't expect an exact >solution. > >There's no bug in WC that will foul up the search results, but >bugs in your database or code will. > >If your code is good, then your database is screwed up. Zero is >not a date. Never was. Never will be. If you have to resort to >some "workaround", you're asking for trouble. Either your code >works with your data 100% of the time or it's a time bomb >waiting to go off. A 99.99% success rate is no better, and >probably worse, than a 0.01% success rate. > >Glenn > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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I completely understood that I wouldn't be getting an exact solution. I = think those that did respond understood my situation and they have done = alot to help me. It was my misunderstanding of how [search] handles text = when it's searching with a data type of num that created my problem in the = first place. Obviously you haven't checked out the page I posted or you'd know that we'= re not dealing with dates here. We're dealing with numbers. The database = header end_date held a date turned into a number. Justin Carroll On Thursday, April 1, 1943, Glenn Busbin wrote: >>I apologize. I'm not authorized to give you my exact code. I >did post a test though that shows the same thing I'm running up >against. > > >If you can't post the exact code, don't expect an exact >solution. > >There's no bug in WC that will foul up the search results, but >bugs in your database or code will. > >If your code is good, then your database is screwed up. Zero is >not a date. Never was. Never will be. If you have to resort to >some "workaround", you're asking for trouble. Either your code >works with your data 100% of the time or it's a time bomb >waiting to go off. A 99.99% success rate is no better, and >probably worse, than a 0.01% success rate. > >Glenn > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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