Re: Newbie search question (between two dates)

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39478
interpreted = N
texte = In Ken's absence, I'll have to advocate storing ALL dates as days since 00/00/0000. This makes searching and sorting much easier down the road.Store dates in your database like this... EVENTDATE=[math]{[date]}[/math] Do the math to find the date 2 weeks from today... [text]Today=[math]{[date]}[/math][/text] (Result: 731142) [text]2Weeks=[math][Today]+14[/math][/text] (Result: 731156) Search like this... [search db=norcalendar.db&rnEVENTDATEdatarq=[Today]+[2Weeks]&EVENTDATEsort=1&EVENTDATEtype=num]>[search db=norcalendar.db&rneventdatedatarq=[date] [math >date]{[date]}+14[/math]&eventdatetype=date&eventdatesort=1] > >Thanks everyone, This is what I ended up with. > > >-- >Matthew C. Bohne >-- >The Sandusky Register >314 W. Market St. >Sandusky, OH 44870 >(800) 466-1243 ext. 253 >matthewbohne@sanduskyregister.com-- _______________________Clint Davis Webmaster Gray Loon Marketing Group 812.422.9999cdavis@grayloon.com------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Newbie search question (between two dates) (Kenneth Grome 2001)
  2. Re: Newbie search question (between two dates) (Clint Davis 2001)
  3. Re: Newbie search question (between two dates) (Matthew Bohne 2001)
  4. Re: Newbie search question (between two dates) (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  5. Re: Newbie search question (between two dates) (Glenn Busbin 2001)
  6. Re: Newbie search question (between two dates) (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  7. Re: Newbie search question (between two dates) (Brian Fries 2001)
  8. Re: Newbie search question (between two dates) (Brian Fries 2001)
  9. Re: Newbie search question (between two dates) (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  10. Re: Newbie search question (between two dates) (Glenn Busbin 2001)
  11. Re: Newbie search question (between two dates) (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  12. Re: Newbie search question (between two dates) (Glenn Busbin 2001)
  13. Re: Newbie search question (between two dates) (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  14. Newbie search question (between two dates) (Matthew Bohne 2001)
In Ken's absence, I'll have to advocate storing ALL dates as days since 00/00/0000. This makes searching and sorting much easier down the road.Store dates in your database like this... EVENTDATE=[math]{[date]}[/math] Do the math to find the date 2 weeks from today... [text]Today=[math]{[date]}[/math][/text] (Result: 731142) [text]2Weeks=[math][Today]+14[/math][/text] (Result: 731156) Search like this... [search db=norcalendar.db&rnEVENTDATEdatarq=[Today]+[2Weeks]&EVENTDATEsort=1&EVENTDATEtype=num]>[search db=norcalendar.db&rneventdatedatarq=[date] [math >date]{[date]}+14[/math]&eventdatetype=date&eventdatesort=1] > >Thanks everyone, This is what I ended up with. > > >-- >Matthew C. Bohne >-- >The Sandusky Register >314 W. Market St. >Sandusky, OH 44870 >(800) 466-1243 ext. 253 >matthewbohne@sanduskyregister.com-- _______________________Clint Davis Webmaster Gray Loon Marketing Group 812.422.9999cdavis@grayloon.com------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Clint Davis

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