Hello
I have been struggling with some differences in the query language for
[query:?] vs. [[TicketQuery]]. I might have misunderstand something. Or
maybe the documentation may need an improvement.
According to the documentation both [query:?] and [[TicketQuery]] share
the same query language:
https://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracQuery#QueryLanguage
However, first of all a major difference is the separator character.
While [query:?] needs `&`, the [[TicketQuery]] promotes `,` but also
accepts `&`.
Second difference is the position of the `=` match operator in regards
to other operators like `!` but also `~`. While [query:?] needs `=!`,
the [[TicketQuery]] accepts both variant `!=` and `=!`.
[query:?status=new&keywords=!foo tickets]
[[TicketQuery(status=new,keywords=!foo,count)]]
I guess there are technical and historic reasons for those differences.
[query:] seems close to the URL query format, and [[TicketQuery()]] as a
powerful macro seems more generous.
I do not complain and I am more than willing to accept. But it took me 2
hours to find out. I would propose (and volunteer) to add a small note
in the documentation, which would remind these differences. Something
like this:
... Filters are separated by ampersands (`&`); the `[[TicketQuery]]` macro also
accepts comma (`,`).
Note that for `query:` the match operator `=` needs to be on first position
when combined with other operators, for example `=!` or `~=`.
If I have totally misunderstood something, please correct me.
Thanks
Clemens
P.S.
There is a very old related ticket #7699, but it did not come to a
conclusion.
https://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/7699
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