[Zope] ZCatalog and Search Results

[Jason Spisak]

Aaron Payne writes:

We are closing in on it.

> At 07:37 pm 6/9/00 +0000, Jason Spisak wrote:
> Then it has to be the search forms.  Can you sned me the search and report
> methods.  Also, you should try looking up and instance programatically
> right after you create it, like so:
> 
> <dtml-in "Catalog(myProperty='knownValue')">
> <dtml-var id>
> </dtml-in>
> 
> Jason,
> 
> I used the dtml-in for the catalog(myproperyty='xyz') and I found the newly 
> added zclass.  It may be the z search forms.
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Aaron
> 
> 

Yep. Let's take a look.

<search snipped>

> Here is the report method:
> <dtml-var standard_html_header>

Are any of these field indexes?  Vendor maybe, Zip?  If the ZClass
instances always have a value for them, then when you submit this search
and leave one of the 'field index' input boxes blank, you'll get no
results, I believe.

> 
> <form action="CatReport" method="get">
> <h2><dtml-var document_title></h2>
> Enter query parameters:<br><table>
> 
> <tr><th>Coupon text</th>
>      <td><input name="coupon_text"
>                 width=30 value=""></td></tr>
> <tr><th>Categorylist</th>
>      <td><input name="categorylist"
>                 width=30 value=""></td></tr>
> <tr><th>Vendor</th>
>      <td><input name="vendor"
>                 width=30 value=""></td></tr>
> <tr><th>Zip</th>
>      <td><input name="zip"
>                 width=30 value=""></td></tr>
> 
> 
> <tr><td colspan=2 align=center>
> <input type="SUBMIT" name="SUBMIT" value="Submit Query">
> </td></tr>
> </table>
> </form>
> 
> <dtml-var menu>
> <dtml-var standard_html_footer>
> 

Try simplifying it. Try one at a time to find out which one is forcing the
no results.

All my best,

Jason Spisak
CIO
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