[FX.php List] Query Question

[Derrick Fogle]

OK, since I haven't run across this myself yet, I'd like to ask the  
list for some clarification on this issue. I'm under the impression  
that there really is a glitch in the FM7SA XML query that keeps date  
range searches like "9/8/2006...9/10/2006" from working correctly.  
But I don't understand what difference these two approaches make the  
FMP's XML query:

This works? -
> $dateRange = date("n/j/Y", $startDate) . '...' . date("n/j/Y",
> $endDate);
> $query->AddDBParam ('Event_Date', $dateRange);

This doesn't work? -
> $query->AddDBParam ('Event_Date', date("n/j/Y", $startDate) .  
> '...' . date("n/j/Y",  $endDate));

Sorry, that just doesn't make a lot of sense. By the time the data  
gets submitted to FM7SA's XML interface, the string should be exactly  
the same one way or the other. Did one of the FM7SA updates fix the  
XML query bug? Or is there something in FX.php that mangles the  
concatenation embedded in the AddDBParam statement vs. the pre- 
concatenated text presented in a single variable?

Someone please help me understand.

Thanks,

On Sep 8, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Alicia M. Cosenza wrote:

> Hello,
>
> As it turns out I had a small php error when I made the $eventrange
> statement and it was causing the error.  So it does work.  Sorry  
> for the
> confusion.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Alicia Cosenza
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Jason LEWIS
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:28 PM
> To: FX.php Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] Query Question
>
> I am currently on FMP4.  The date range search on this version works
> with three periods or two periods.  I don't have FM7SA to test, but is
> this a possibility?
>
> Jason
>
>>>> Chris Hansen <chris at iViking.org> 09/07/2006 2:58 PM >>>
> Hello,
>
> Actually, you should be able to you the syntax that you'd use in
> FileMaker, too:
>
> $dateRange = date("n/j/Y", $startDate) . '...' . date("n/j/Y",
> $endDate);
> $query->AddDBParam ('Event_Date', $dateRange);
>
> Note that there are other work-arounds, but my guess is that this
> syntax would be faster.  HTH
>
> --Chris Hansen
>    FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
>    Creator of FX.php
>    "The best way from FileMaker to the Web."
>    www.iViking.org
>
>
> On Sep 7, 2006, at 2:27 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>
>> The work around I know of for FileMaker 7 and up is to have two
> fields
>> with the same dates in them.
>> Do not make a calculation field, make sure you enter the same date
> in
>> each field instead.
>>
>> $query->AddDBParam ('Event_Date', date("n/j/Y", $startDate), 'gte');
>> $query->AddDBParam ('Event_DateStupidWorkAroundField', date("n/j/Y",
>> $endDate), 'lte');
>>
>> This is due to a limitation in the FileMaker XML query.
>>
>> ggt667
>>
>> On 9/7/06, Alicia M. Cosenza <aliciamc at dso.ufl.edu> wrote:
>>> Yeah I appreciate it.
>>>
>>> Alicia Cosenza
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
>>> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Derrick
>
>>> Fogle
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 12:38 PM
>>> To: FX.php Discussion List
>>> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] Query Question
>>>
>>> Yeah, sorry, just a quick attempt to help without knowing which
>>> version you're on. Maybe Gjermund can help you.
>>>
>>> On Sep 7, 2006, at 11:35 AM, Alicia M. Cosenza wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah I'm on FM 7.  It's not working for me.
>>>
>>>
>>> Derrick Fogle
>>> derrick at fogles.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Derrick Fogle
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