Re: Search a date field by month only...

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 24352
interpreted = N
texte = Thanks I figured it would be better to seperate the fields... Faster searching!-----Original Message----- From: WebCatalog Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of Kenneth Grome Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 7:31 PM To: WebCatalog Talk Subject: Re: Search a date field by month only... >I want to be able to search a date field by either the month or year. Do I >have to have independent fields for month & year?Normall it's best to use separate fields for month and year, but if you would be satisfied to retrieve all records while displaying only the ones for certain months and years, you can put a couple of [showif] contexts inside your founditems context like this:[founditems] [showif [getchars start=7&end=10][eventdate][/getchars]=1999] [showif [getchars start=1&end=2][eventdate][/getchars]=11] fields to display here [/showif] [/showif] [/founditems]If your search context retrieves all records in the db, this example will display only those records in the month of November 1999, assuming your dates are stored in the default mm/dd/yyyy format. If your dates are stored in another format, simply adjust the start and end values in the getchars contexts appropriately ... :)================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499, http://webdna.net ================================ ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .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 ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .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 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Search a date field by month only... (Vince Medina 1999)
  2. Re: Search a date field by month only... (Kenneth Grome 1999)
Thanks I figured it would be better to seperate the fields... Faster searching!-----Original Message----- From: WebCatalog Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of Kenneth Grome Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 7:31 PM To: WebCatalog Talk Subject: Re: Search a date field by month only... >I want to be able to search a date field by either the month or year. Do I >have to have independent fields for month & year?Normall it's best to use separate fields for month and year, but if you would be satisfied to retrieve all records while displaying only the ones for certain months and years, you can put a couple of [showif] contexts inside your founditems context like this:[founditems] [showif [getchars start=7&end=10][eventdate][/getchars]=1999] [showif [getchars start=1&end=2][eventdate][/getchars]=11] fields to display here [/showif] [/showif] [/founditems]If your search context retrieves all records in the db, this example will display only those records in the month of November 1999, assuming your dates are stored in the default mm/dd/yyyy format. If your dates are stored in another format, simply adjust the start and end values in the getchars contexts appropriately ... :)================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499, http://webdna.net ================================ ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .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 ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .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 Vince Medina

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