Hi, Zach: Yes, you can use numeric and other typed values with string or structured search. The steps:
1. Create a range index on the element with the appropriate datatype. 2. Create a range constraint in the query options that names the range index. 3. Express the comparison in string or structured search. For instance, assuming an xs:int range index on an <val> element in the documents containing some values greater than 3: let $options := <options xmlns="http://marklogic.com/appservices/search";> <constraint name="val"> <range type="xs:int" facet="false"> <element ns="" name="val"/> </range> </constraint> </options> return search:search('val GT 3', $options) Range indexes and constraints are also important for sorting and facet aggregation. The documentation has more detail: http://docs.marklogic.com/guide/search-dev/search-api#id_68918 http://docs.marklogic.com/search:search#opt-constraint Hoping that helps, Erik Hennum ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Dunlap, Zachariah [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 8:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MarkLogic Dev General] Using LT & GT Operators in search:search to compare numerical values Is it possible to use the built in LT (less than) & GT (greater than) operators in Search with numerical values? These built in operators seem to expect strings as noted here: http://docs.marklogic.com/guide/search-dev/search-api#id_44520 Is there a way we can tell MarkLogic that the values for a particular set of fields are numbers not strings? Thank you, Zach
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