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ics:searchdatetonative

Converts the Java SQL-formatted date to the date format native to the search engine.

Syntax

<ics:searchdatetonative
      date="Java date"
      outputvariable="variable name"
      [searchengine="name"]/>

Parameters

date (required)

Java SQL date to convert.

outputvariable (required)

Name of the variable to store the converted date string.

searchengine (optional)

Name of the search engine to use. If searchengine is not specified, Content Server uses the value of cs.searchengine from the Content Server properties file.

Description

The ics:searchdatetonative tag converts the Java SQL-formatted date to the date format native to the search engine. Use in the WHAT parameter of a ics:search tag. Dates in queries must be in a format that the search engine can parse.

The input to this tag (the date parameter) must be a valid Java SQL date. Content Server does not detect certain errors in the date format.

The Verity search engine handles most date formats, including the Java SQL format. If you are using Verity, you do not need to call ics:searchdatetonative.

errno

The possible values of errno include:

Value	Description
-801	Cannot load search engine.

Example

The following example converts the date in Java SQL format to the AltaVista date format and sets the results in the variable AVDate.

<ics:searchdatetonative date="1998-05-22" outputvariable="AVDate" searchengine="AV"/>

<ics:if condition=<%ics.GetErrno() != 0%>í>
<ics:then>
  Report error
</ics:then>
<ics:else>
<ics:search index="c:/articleidx" list="articledatelist" what='articledate:<%=ics.GetVar("AVDate")%>'/>
</ics:else>
</ics:if>

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