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MyopicVicar (short-sighted clergyman!) is an open-source genealogy record database and search engine. It powers the FreeREG database of parish registers, the FreeCEN database of census records, the next version of FreeBMD database of Civil Registration indexes and other Genealogical applications.
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Handle start dates > end dates #35

Closed benwbrum closed 10 years ago

benwbrum commented 11 years ago

Currently the search query for provides no validation at all on search date order. As a result, researchers can search for impossible ranges.

benwbrum commented 11 years ago

Eric B writes:

If one enters a search from date that is AFTER the search To date, then the request is accepted but nil result ensues.

I feel the request should generate a REJECTED page highlighting [or just saying] what's wrong with the request logic.

benwbrum commented 11 years ago

I respond:

Regarding #1, I think that the best behavior for someone entering "From: 1690, To: 1688" is to perform a search from 1688 to 1690 instead and display at the top of their search results a message similar to Google's "Showing results for 'epigraphy' instead of 'epigraphi'" explaining what we did, rather than rejecting their query outright. Opinions?

Captainkirkdawson commented 11 years ago

Ben

I agree with your suggestion

Kirk Dawson Fairmont Hot Springs, B.C. V0B 1L1

On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Ben W. Brumfield notifications@github.comwrote:

I respond:

Regarding #1 https://github.com/FreeUKGen/MyopicVicar/issues/1, I think that the best behavior for someone entering "From: 1690, To: 1688" is to perform a search from 1688 to 1690 instead and display at the top of their search results a message similar to Google's "Showing results for 'epigraphy' instead of 'epigraphi'" explaining what we did, rather than rejecting their query outright. Opinions?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/FreeUKGen/MyopicVicar/issues/35#issuecomment-21676452 .