[Zope-dev] ZCatalog comments

Chris Withers chrisw@nipltd.com
Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:37:17 +0100


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