Thanks Chuck.
That did the trick.
I did tinker with using a derived value before your
response, with the following:
definition = "to_char(part_id)";
externalType = NUMBER;
name = partIdAsString;
valueClassName = NSString;
valueType = S;
Didn't have much luck getting it to work that way.
Only ran into one problem (tried using my own
substitution character) while implementing your
thoughts. I assumed since it was part_id, that you
were using %P, but after some research found in
EOAttribute that %P is the required substitution
character for the read-only formatting.
Thanks again for the help.
Carter
--- Chuck Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Mar 13, 2008, at 10:47 AM, Carter Wojcik wrote:
>
> > Hi All -
> >
> > My users want to have the ability to search on a
> > Number attribute, but use String qualifiers such
> as
> > Contains ('*value*'), Begins With ('value*'), Ends
> > With ('*value').
> >
> > I have a table named part that contains a
> primaryKey
> > named part_id (Number and exposed) and a String
> called
> > descriptor.
> >
> > Is there a way to create an EOQualifier that
> > replicates the SQL in the example below?
> >
> > Example: Select all parts with a part_id that
> begins
> > with 3.
> > select * from part where to_char(part_id) like
> '3%';
>
> Maybe...
>
> Add a new attribute called partIDAsString
> Set the column to part_id
> Set the datatype as string
> Mark it as read only
> Set the read format to to_char(%P)
>
> Then make a qualifier on partIDAsString.
>
> Chuck
>
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