Incorrect operators in af:query component

Question

We have created a search popup using af:query component based on a view criteria.
The view criteria uses two string[varchar2(60) in EO] attributes named "Name" and "Owner".
TerritorySearchViewCriteria
Group
Name CONTAINS :BindTerritoryName -- String in VO, Varchar2(60) in EO
AND Owner CONTAINS :BindOwnerName -- String in VO, varchar2(360) in EO
Issue:
The operators drop down shows some irrelevant search operators(not meaningful to strings) such as "BETWEEN",
"NOT BETWEEN", "BEFORE", "AFTER", "ON OR AFTER" and "ON OR BEFORE". Because of this we are seeing some unexpected
search results when this operators are used for searching.
On looking at the Bali site and BLAF guidelines page it clearly states that the list of operators for string are
"EQUALS", "NOT EQUALS", "STARTS WITH", "ENDS WITH", "CONTAINS", "DOES NOT CONTAIN", "LIKE", "IS BLANK" and "IS NOT
BLANK".
Bali link: http://dadvmc0454.us.oracle.com:9002/faces-11.1.1.2.0/faces/components/query.jspx?_afrLoop=19876843626481699&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=null
BLAF guidelines: http://blafstaging.us.oracle.com/blafSite/guidelines5/search.html#queryPanelCond
Attribute Definition in TerritoryEO:
<Attribute
Name="Name"
IsNotNull="true"
Precision="60"
ColumnName="NAME"
Type="java.lang.String"
ColumnType="VARCHAR2"
SQLType="VARCHAR"
TableName="MOT_TERRITORIES">
Attribute definition in TerritoryVO:
<ViewAttribute
Name="Name"
IsNotNull="true"
PrecisionRule="true"
EntityAttrName="Name"
EntityUsage="Territory"
AliasName="NAME">
Query component in ManageTerritories.jsff:
<af:query id="qryId1" headerText="#{acrGenBundle['Header.Search']}"
disclosed="true"
value="#{bindings.TerritorySearchQuery.queryDescriptor}"
model="#{bindings.TerritorySearchQuery.queryModel}"
queryListener="#{backingBeanScope.ManageTerritoriesBean.onTerritorySearchQuery}"
queryOperationListener="#{bindings.TerritorySearchQuery.processQueryOperation}"
resultComponentId="::pc2:resId1"
saveQueryMode="hidden"
modeChangeVisible="false"
conjunctionReadOnly="true"
styleClass="AFStretchWidth"/>
Is there a way to eliminate the operators which does not make sense for String type.
Thanks,
Sekar

Answer 1

As per the guidelines mentioned for String, You could remove the unwanted operators from the view criteria item.
The example below shows - how the unwanted operators namely BETWEEN & NOTBETWEEN could be removed.
For more details, look into the following section 27.3.3 in the developer's guide:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E15523_01/web.1111/b31974/web_search_bc.htm#CIHIDGGC
Sample:
<ViewCriteria
Name="EmployeesVOByFirstNameOrLastName"
ViewObjectName="model.views.EmployeesVO"
Conjunction="AND">
<Properties>
<CustomProperties>
<Property
Name="displayOperators"
Value="InAdvancedMode"/>
<Property
Name="autoExecute"
Value="false"/>
<Property
Name="allowConjunctionOverride"
Value="true"/>
<Property
Name="showInList"
Value="true"/>
<Property
Name="mode"
Value="Basic"/>
</CustomProperties>
</Properties>
<ViewCriteriaRow
Name="vcrow0"
UpperColumns="1">
<ViewCriteriaItem
Name="FirstName"
ViewAttribute="FirstName"
Operator="CONTAINS"
Conjunction="AND"
Value=""
Required="Optional">
*<CompOper*
Name="Category"
ToDo="-1"
Oper="BETWEEN"/>
*<CompOper*
Name="Category"
ToDo="-1"
Oper="NOTBETWEEN"/>
</ViewCriteriaItem>
<ViewCriteriaItem
Name="LastName"
ViewAttribute="LastName"
Operator="CONTAINS"
Conjunction="OR"
Value=""
Required="Optional"/>
</ViewCriteriaRow>
</ViewCriteria>
Thanks,
Navaneeth