Michel Pelletier wrote:
+ There are some rules to consider when querying this method: + + - an empty query mapping (or a bogus REQUEST) returns all + items in the + catalog.
Is it only me that finds this really irritating? Surely a blank query mapping should return nothing, not everything? (at the least it'd be nice if this was configurable ;-)
+ Depending on the type of index you are querying, you may be + able to provide more advanced search parameters that can + specify range searches or wildcards. These features are + documented in The Zope Book.
Wildcards? Hmmm... that's enticing, where and how will they be supported? cheers, Chris
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Chris Withers wrote:
Wildcards? Hmmm... that's enticing, where and how will they be supported?
Wildcards are supported (and have been for a while) in text index searches if you specify a globbing vocabulary at Catalog creation time. --RDM
Michel Pelletier wrote:
+ There are some rules to consider when querying this method: + + - an empty query mapping (or a bogus REQUEST) returns all + items in the + catalog.
Is it only me that finds this really irritating? Surely a blank query mapping should return nothing, not everything? (at the least it'd be nice if this was configurable ;-)
This is for hysterical reasons. Lots of code depends on: <dtml-in Catalog> ... </dtml-in> .. Principia's/ZTable's original customers (newspapers) decided it was better to show *all* the classified ads instead of *none* of the classified ads if the search spec matched nothing. I agree with you, however. That said, I don't think it's that big of a deal, and it can be dealt with through documentation.
+ Depending on the type of index you are querying, you may be + able to provide more advanced search parameters that can + specify range searches or wildcards. These features are + documented in The Zope Book.
Wildcards? Hmmm... that's enticing, where and how will they be supported?
It's in there already for text indexes. ? and * do the right thing.
cheers,
Chris
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