[Zope] PloneCollectorNG get earliest issue/get latest issue

[Bryan Simmons]

Well, suppose I want to find out what the earliest date is in the
tracker so I can tell the
user up front:  "Earliest issue posted: 8/1/04".
The problem here is not stupid design on my part.  The problem is stupid users.
I'm talking ultra-stupid.

All I want to know is how to query for or otherwise find the earliest ticket.

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:05:04 +0200, Jens Vagelpohl <jens at dataflake.org> wrote:
> 
> On Aug 26, 2004, at 22:09, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to allow users to search for all issues within a date range.
> > They get two text boxes to fill in the start and end dates.
> > In my validation of the dates, I'm needing to make sure they don't
> > specify a date range that comes before the date of the first created
> > issue.
> > I want to be able to catch that error and respond to them with the
> > right feedback
> > so they don't make that mistake again.
> 
> I honestly don't understand why it would be a "mistake" that involves
> annoying the user with a message and the need to re-phrase the query if
> the date range queried for starts earlier than the first collector
> item. Re-phrasing the query doesn't change the query results in any
> way, all it will do is annoy your users. I would let people query with
> any date range, provided that the start date is not later than the end
> date.
> 
> jens
> 
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Regards,

Bryan Simmons
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