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. Michaël > > any idea? ..ede > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
