Predicate expressions
  • Vote Up0Vote Down scottr October 2010

    I am trying to do a "Search by Zip Code" that is able to detect "nearby" zips.
    Example: I search "10002" I would like to find all zipcodes thats start with "100".
    Kevin said I should I use VaeQL so, I implemented the change and searched for the substr of the requested zip code.

    This is what gets outputted
    stores[postal_code='100']
    so the full line of markup would read:

    <v:collection path="stores[postal_code='100']">

    My question is, is Vae capable of searching a string that doesnt match the full string of a dataset? Can it find all the zip codes in my collection that start with "100" when searching for 10002?

    Thanks.

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  • Vote Up0Vote Down KevinKevin October 2010

    You should be able to use the XPath substring function.


    path="stores[substring(postal_code, 1, 3)='100']"


    If that doesn't work, try:


    path="stores[substring(postal_code, 0, 3)='100']"


    I'm not 100% sure the syntax of that function.

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