Re: [mv] HELP ! i cant get this simple search to work

["Tal Hart (TelNET)" <tal@telnet.co.il>]

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I need to perfrom the filtering within the search string , and not in the
display time...
This would be very slow....


Tal Hart
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Subject: Re: [mv] HELP ! i cant get this simple search to work


> ******    message to minivend-users from Chris Rapier <rapier@psc.edu>
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> >> ******    message to minivend-users from "Tal Hart (TelNET)"
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> >> I am trying to make a simple search like this :
> >>
> >> IF _FieldA_ equals X , and _FieldB_ or _FieldC_ equals Y
> >>
> >> When i use the os=yes, than the or is reflected on the first field,
> >which
> >> should be an AND,
> >> you see i need to combine AND & OR in the same search....
> >>
> >> how can i do it,
> >> and i need to do it , in an in-page search....
>
> Okay, I'm not sure if this is the best way to do it but it will work.
> The first step is to break the search you want down into its components.
> You bascially have
>
> if (X && (Y | Z))
>  then true
>
> It seems to me that all X will be a subset of Y | Z so you could rewrite
> that as
>
> if (Y | Z)
>   then if X
>      then true
>
> In other words... search on Y or Z and then loop through those results
> to see if they match the criteria for X. if they do then do your magic
> if not then skip it. Its probably not as efficient as a one line boolean
> but it should work.
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