If one was looking for a date value in a field, wouldn't Fileman have to perform the input transform prior to a search? Otherwise there is no way to compare a user's search of "May 4,1984" and the database representation of "0234232234" etc.
Kevin --- steven mcphelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is that truly a bug? During Fileman lookup, I > thought that Fileman did not > perform the Input Transform but used the user > supplied input value. I > thought the input transform was only executed if > Fileman decided to add that > value to the database and thus performs the > transform prior to storing the > transformed value. I did not realize that Fileman > performed the > transformation prior to doing the lookup. If that > is the case, then DPTLK > is buggy. If Fileman does not perform the transform > during lookup, then is > the DPTLK buggy? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cameron Schlehuber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 6:41 PM > Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Unusual search > failure. > > > I don't know all the reasons for how punctuation in > names is managed to help > standardize the name parts, but an effort was made > to come closer to the HL7 > standard. > > Steve, note that the problem is that the lookup > routine (DPTLK, not > FileMan's DIC) is failing to perform the input > transform prior to a lookup. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the > post-holiday blues > Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt > from ThinkGeek. > It's fun and FREE -- well, > almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
