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Saturday 04 March 2006 4:04:55 am
Perhaps there is a gap in the documentation &/or design of the "collected_info_count" function and, in particular, the "value" parameter. The "collected_info_count" function allows the following parameters: fetch( 'content', 'collected_info_count',
hash( [ 'object_attribute_id', object_attribute_id, ]
[ 'object_id', object_id, ]
[ 'value', value ] ) )
In this function, the 'value' parameter only accepts <b>integers</b>. (ref documentation, see below). <b>HOWEVER There is no integer datatype capable of information collection</b> (ref: documentation, see below), so there is no possibility of matching an integer value. This appears to mean that, other than for the ezoption datatype, the 'value' parameter is unusable. I have been trying to use "collected_info_count" to either count the number of times an information collection attribute matches a string value (eg a standardized response for a survey - "acceptable", "very good", etc). EZ Crew or anyone - is this analysis correct? Is there a way around it? Thanks.
<b>Core Suggestion:</b>
- Extend "collected_info_count" function "value" parameter to allow counting of information collection attributes that match string values.
<b>References:</b>
"collected_info_count" - http://ez.no/doc/ez_publish/technical_manual/3_6/reference/modules/content/fetch_functions/collected_info_count "information collector datatypes" - http://ez.no/doc/ez_publish/technical_manual/3_6/concepts_and_basics/content_management/information_collection)
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