[Zope] PloneCollectorNG get earliest issue/get latest issue

[Bryan Simmons]

Would the query:  ('created'={'range' : 'min'}) do it?

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:07:03 -0400, Bryan Simmons
<bryan.simmons at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, suppose I want to find out what the earliest date is in the
> tracker so I can tell the
> user up front:  "Earliest issue posted: 8/1/04".
> The problem here is not stupid design on my part.  The problem is stupid users.
> I'm talking ultra-stupid.
> 
> All I want to know is how to query for or otherwise find the earliest ticket.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:05:04 +0200, Jens Vagelpohl <jens at dataflake.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Aug 26, 2004, at 22:09, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >
> > > I'm trying to allow users to search for all issues within a date range.
> > > They get two text boxes to fill in the start and end dates.
> > > In my validation of the dates, I'm needing to make sure they don't
> > > specify a date range that comes before the date of the first created
> > > issue.
> > > I want to be able to catch that error and respond to them with the
> > > right feedback
> > > so they don't make that mistake again.
> >
> > I honestly don't understand why it would be a "mistake" that involves
> > annoying the user with a message and the need to re-phrase the query if
> > the date range queried for starts earlier than the first collector
> > item. Re-phrasing the query doesn't change the query results in any
> > way, all it will do is annoy your users. I would let people query with
> > any date range, provided that the start date is not later than the end
> > date.
> >
> > jens
> >
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> Regards,
> 
> Bryan Simmons
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Regards,

Bryan Simmons
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 be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
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