Search between two dates

Question

Hi,
I have a fields start_date(Literal Date) and end date (Literal Date) in my MDM table.
Could any one give me a clue how to search values between these two dates from java program to this type of columns.
Waiting for reply.

Answer 1

Hi,
Following is a snippet of code for searching a range on a date/time field in an MDM repository.
In the following code, the table we are searching on is called "Products", and has two fields: "Part Number" and "Update Date" which is the date field. We will search for all products with "Update Date" between 2006-1-1 and 2006-1-31. (Remember in Java that MONTHS are from 0-11, and NOT 1-12).
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                    // Create a ResultSetDefinition
                    ResultSetDefinition rsd = new ResultSetDefinition("Products");
                    rsd.AddField("Part Number");
                    rsd.AddField("Update Date");
                    // Create a Search object
                    Search search = new Search("Products");
                    FreeFormTableParameter fftp = search.GetParameters().NewFreeFormTableParameter("Products");
                    FreeFormParameterField ffpf = new FreeFormParameterField("Update Date");
                    FreeFormParameter ffp = new FreeFormParameter();
                    ffpf.Add(new DateTimeParameter(2006, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, FreeFormParameter.GreaterThanOrEqualToSearchType));
                    ffpf.Add(new DateTimeParameter(2006, 0, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0, FreeFormParameter.LessThanOrEqualToSearchType));
                    ffpf.SetSearchOperator(FreeFormParameterField.SEARCH_OPERATOR_AND);
                    fftp.Add(ffpf);
                    // Get the results using the search                    
                    A2iResultSet rs = catalog.GetResultSet(search, rsd, "Part Number", true, 0);
                    System.out.println("Num found = " + rs.GetRecordCount());
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Hope this helps,
Walter