[interchange-docs] xmldocs - docelic modified 3 files

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User:      docelic
Date:      2006-04-11 15:05:34 GMT
Modified:  refs     date_change.filter date_change_null.filter
Modified:           xml-generator
Log:
- update docs to reflect date_change_null removal

Revision  Changes    Path
1.3       +17 -2     xmldocs/refs/date_change.filter


rev 1.3, prev_rev 1.2
Index: date_change.filter
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RCS file: /var/cvs/xmldocs/refs/date_change.filter,v
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diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- date_change.filter	21 Mar 2006 12:38:56 -0000	1.2
+++ date_change.filter	11 Apr 2006 15:05:34 -0000	1.3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 __NAME__ see also
-date2time, date_change_null
+date2time
 __END__
 
 
@@ -29,6 +29,20 @@
 <literal>1980</literal>.
 </para><para>
 Time specification unspecified in input get omitted from output as well.
+</para><para>
+The filter optionally accepts three arguments: 
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>
+<literal>iso</literal> - output date in ISO format
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+<literal>undef</literal> - don't default to current date if no date is specified
+<!-- TODO is this OK description -->
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+<literal>no_time</literal> - output only date, without time portion
+</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
 __END__
 
 
@@ -48,7 +62,8 @@
 <emphasis role='bold'>not</emphasis> just <literal>05</literal>)!
 </para><para>
 If the date is empty, the filter defaults to current date. To 
-force an absence of a date, use &filter-date-change-null; filter.
+force an absence of a date (as required by some &glos-SQL; databases),
+use the <literal>undef</literal> filter option.
 __END__
 
 __NAME__ online: Using date_change



1.2       +7 -2      xmldocs/refs/date_change_null.filter


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Index: date_change_null.filter
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RCS file: /var/cvs/xmldocs/refs/date_change_null.filter,v
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- date_change_null.filter	21 Mar 2006 12:42:12 -0000	1.1
+++ date_change_null.filter	11 Apr 2006 15:05:34 -0000	1.2
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 __NAME__ purpose
-convert MMDDYYYY date (possibly with specified time) to YYYYMMDDhhmm, with NULL for missing dates
+(obsolete) convert MMDDYYYY date (possibly with specified time) to YYYYMMDDhhmm, with NULL for missing dates
 __END__
 
 
 __NAME__ see also
-date2time
+__END__
+
+__NAME__ notes
+This filter was merged into the standard &filter-date_change; filter.
+Invoke &filter-date_change; with the <literal>undef</literal> option
+for the desired behavior.
 __END__
 
 



1.2       +2 -2      xmldocs/refs/xml-generator


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Index: xml-generator
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RCS file: /var/cvs/xmldocs/refs/xml-generator,v
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--- xml-generator	17 Feb 2005 23:11:31 -0000	1.1
+++ xml-generator	11 Apr 2006 15:05:34 -0000	1.2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 __NAME__ purpose
-export selected Interchange session information as XML data
+(obsolete) export selected Interchange session information as XML data
 __END__
 
 __NAME__ notes
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 <arg choice='plain'>field_names</arg> specifies the list of values to extract
 from the session.
 If <emphasis role='bold'>not</emphasis>
-<literal>delimited</literal>, acts as a hash reference into the
+<literal>delimited</literal>, acts as a hash reference key into the
 user's session.
 Examples are good known session elements, such as &glos-value;s or
 &glos-scratch; variables, <literal>errors</literal>, or any other session