Dear villas, You said:
I suppose that my proposal to use shlex would really apply to Peter's > suggestion. > > I guess it might also be considered for use in the build_query function of > sqlhtml.py. > > Shlex seems like a great way of using quotes to contain search phrases. I > guess Google would be using something similar, and I'm sure that many of > us use that feature all the time. > > I think you're right on all accounts. Maybe you should post an "Enhancement" request to Issues-web2py <https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list> for "the build_query function of sqlhtml.py". Love and peace, Joe On Monday, July 21, 2014 8:25:24 AM UTC-7, villas wrote: > > Hi Joe, > > I suppose that my proposal to use shlex would really apply to Peter's > suggestion. > > I guess it might also be considered for use in the build_query function of > sqlhtml.py. > > Shlex seems like a great way of using quotes to contain search phrases. I > guess Google would be using something similar, and I'm sure that many of > us use that feature all the time. > > > > On Monday, 14 July 2014 17:54:27 UTC+1, JoeCodeswell wrote: >> >> Dear villas, >> >> Thanks for the reply. >> >> Here is my understanding of what you want. You'd like to be able to >> search using a search syntax based on the shlex module. >> >> My technique uses the SQLFORM.grid's Standard Search Input >> ("#w2p_keywords") syntax for it's searches. >> >> I suggest you post an Enhancment suggestion for the SQLFORM.grid's >> Standard Search Input as a main discussion topic in this forum. >> >> Thanks again, villas. >> >> Love and peace, >> >> Joe >> >> On Saturday, July 12, 2014 10:39:31 AM UTC-7, villas wrote: >>> >>> I would also like to add an optional 'extra' because it is nice to be >>> able to search like this: >>> >>> search_text = '"David Cameron" uk' >>> >>> By quoting search 'phrases' as well as words, you can get a better >>> result. After all, I would not want every David in the UK to be listed. >>> >>> I have found that using 'shlex' is a good solution. For example: >>> >>> import shlex >>> words = [x for x in shlex.split(search_text)] if search_text else [] >>> >>> I hope this might also be useful to someone wishing to improve their >>> search options. >>> >>> D >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, 11 July 2014 00:20:39 UTC+1, peter wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks for this Joe, and it is an interesting approach. However I find >>>> the approach I used >>>> >>>> >>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/web2py/sqlform.grid$20search/web2py/9_1ECdKHKUo/8OISg7o8OVIJ >>>> >>>> Somewhat easier to understand. Your approach is more novel however. >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> >>> On Monday, July 21, 2014 8:25:24 AM UTC-7, villas wrote: > > Hi Joe, > > I suppose that my proposal to use shlex would really apply to Peter's > suggestion. > > I guess it might also be considered for use in the build_query function of > sqlhtml.py. > > Shlex seems like a great way of using quotes to contain search phrases. I > guess Google would be using something similar, and I'm sure that many of > us use that feature all the time. > > > > On Monday, 14 July 2014 17:54:27 UTC+1, JoeCodeswell wrote: >> >> Dear villas, >> >> Thanks for the reply. >> >> Here is my understanding of what you want. You'd like to be able to >> search using a search syntax based on the shlex module. >> >> My technique uses the SQLFORM.grid's Standard Search Input >> ("#w2p_keywords") syntax for it's searches. >> >> I suggest you post an Enhancment suggestion for the SQLFORM.grid's >> Standard Search Input as a main discussion topic in this forum. >> >> Thanks again, villas. >> >> Love and peace, >> >> Joe >> >> On Saturday, July 12, 2014 10:39:31 AM UTC-7, villas wrote: >>> >>> I would also like to add an optional 'extra' because it is nice to be >>> able to search like this: >>> >>> search_text = '"David Cameron" uk' >>> >>> By quoting search 'phrases' as well as words, you can get a better >>> result. After all, I would not want every David in the UK to be listed. >>> >>> I have found that using 'shlex' is a good solution. For example: >>> >>> import shlex >>> words = [x for x in shlex.split(search_text)] if search_text else [] >>> >>> I hope this might also be useful to someone wishing to improve their >>> search options. >>> >>> D >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, 11 July 2014 00:20:39 UTC+1, peter wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks for this Joe, and it is an interesting approach. However I find >>>> the approach I used >>>> >>>> >>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/web2py/sqlform.grid$20search/web2py/9_1ECdKHKUo/8OISg7o8OVIJ >>>> >>>> Somewhat easier to understand. Your approach is more novel however. >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> >>> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. 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