[DQSD-Users] New search

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Hello!   Since I use the comments-search on shacknews.com a lot I have added a search for it. Find it attached. ?shack for help :) Thanks!   Wolfgang

<search function="shack">
  <name>Shacknews.com Comments</name>
  <description>
    Search the shacknews.com comments database

    <div class="helpboxDescLabels">Switches:</div>
  	<table class="helpboxDescTable">
  		<tr><td>/user:username</td><td> - </td><td>Narrow search to username. If the username. Replace blanks in username with + (fex: Steve Gibson becomes Steve+Gibson)</td></tr>
  		<tr><td>/db:database</td><td> -   </td><td>Database to use. Default is current, possible values: current, archive1</td></tr>
  		<tr><td>/type:type</td><td> -   </td><td>Narrow search to post type. Default is all, possible values: all, i (informative), n (NWS)</td></tr>
  		<tr><td>/sortby:key</td><td> -   </td><td>Sort results by key. Default is date, possible values: date, relevance</td></tr>
  	</table>
    <div class="helpboxDescLabels">Examples:</div>
    <table class="helpboxDescTable">
  		<tr><td>shack 1942 /type:i </td></tr>
  		<tr><td>shack Doom3 /type:all</td></tr>
  		<tr><td>shack poop /user:Steve+Gibson</td></tr>
  	</table>

  </description>
  <category>Other</category>
  <link>http://www.shacknews.com/</link>
  <contributor>Wolfgang Deutsch</contributor>
  <email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email>
   
  <script><![CDATA[

    // Default switches. Change as desired

    var defaultQuery="";
    var defaultUser="";
    var defaultDb="current";
    var defaultType="all";
    var defaultSort="date";

    // Possible values for switches
    var switchValues = [];

    switchValues["db"] = "current archive1";
    switchValues["type"] = "all i n";
    switchValues["sortby"] = "relevance date";

    function shack(q)
    {
      if (nullArgs("shack", q))
        return false;

      var params = [];

      params["query"] =  new Array("query=", defaultQuery);
      params["user"] =   new Array("&user=", defaultUser);
      params["db"] =     new Array("&db=", defaultDb);
      params["type"] =   new Array("&type=", defaultType);
      params["sortby"] = new Array("&sortby=", defaultSort);

      var args = parseArgs(q, "user, db, type, sortby");

      var url = "http://www.shacknews.com/jazz/search.x?";;

      for (var i = 0; i < args.switches.length; i++)
      {

        var sw = args.switches[i];
	switch (sw.name)
        {
          case "user":
            if( sw.value == "" )
            {
              nullArgs("shack","?");
              return false;
            }
            else
            { 
              params["user"][1] = sw.value;
            }
            break;

          default:
            if (sw.value=="" || switchValues[sw.name].indexOf(sw.value)==-1)
            {
              nullArgs("shack","?");
              return false;
            }
            else
            { 
              params[sw.name][1] = sw.value;
            }
            break;
        }
      }

      if (args.switches.length == 0)
      {
        params["query"][1] = q;
      }
      else
      {
        params["query"][1] += args.q;
      }

      url += params["query"].join('');
      url += params["user"].join('');
      url += params["db"].join('');
      url += params["type"].join('');
      url += params["sortby"].join('');

      openSearchWindow(url);


    }
  ]]></script>

  <copyright>
	Copyright (c) 2002 David Bau
	Distributed under the terms of the
	GNU Public License, Version 2 (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt)
  </copyright>
</search>