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Feb 4, 2015 7:20 AM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
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Hi Don,

The reason I programmed this to use the AND operator is because in testing, the OR operator was never returning results granularly enough. You check off a bunch of fields, including say Perennial, and now every perennial in the database matches and the search was pretty much worthless.

I can see the value of an OR operator in some circumstances and I'll have to give a little thought about how to give the functionality without confusing too many people about what it does.

DonShirer said:I would suggest that your instructions suggest only making one choice in each category.


The box at the top of the search page does explain this. It says, "Choose your various options below, then click Search to view plants that match all the selected options. Note that your search results will only include plants that match ALL options you select."

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