On 17.11.2014 22:40, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote: > On 17.11.2014 21:55, Michael Michaud wrote: >> Hi >>> On 17.11.2014 20:15, Michael Michaud wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> Indeed, Ede was right as the plugin works on any attribute. >>>>>>>> In this context, adding a regex matcher makes sens (done). >>>>>>>> I also added a case insensitive option which is not related to the >>>>>>>> geometry.type >>>>>>>> attribute but made available for any attribute query, and as I was at >>>>>>>> it, I also >>>>>>>> added a geometry.isEmpty, geometry.numHoles and geometry.dimension >>>>>>>> attributes. >>>>>> All these are little tools with much value sometimes. Case insensitive >>>>>> does not work for my exact use case because selection is not active for >>>>>> the equals condition (=) and there is not dedicated "like" condition for >>>>>> strings. >>>> Ede, it seems to be a side-effect of your enhancement. Would you mind to >>>> add "=" into the case insensitivity list of conditions ? >>> does it seem intuitive to you guys that '=' is meant to do an equal >>> operation on strings? especially because in the list it is followed by math >>> function which definitely are not usable with strings. string functions >>> follow on the bottom of the list. >> This is a good question. >> I think the actual design favor simplicity with one set of operators for >> any kind of attribute : I checked that you can also use < or > for >> strings ;-) >> The sign = is also used in SQL either for numbers or strings. >> Simple Query plugin is "attribute type" sensitive, but it adds some >> complexity. Maybe we should keep this difference so that both plugins >> complement each other. >> >> Despite these few arguments, I'm not strongly opposed to have two >> different operators for number and for string equality if some of you >> find it more clear. >> > > ok, let me revisit the code tomorrow and add case insensitivity to each an > all in case rhey really already work on strings =).. ede >
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