[libRETS-users] Strange Error

[Keith T. Garner]

It could be them not handling the encoded equals then.  That is the proper
thing to do, but I'll have to noodle on this.

Keith

On 12/19/07 12:41 PM, Russ Perna wrote:
> Keith,
> 
> I had actually tried both way, and neither seems to work.
> 
> Thanks,
> Russ 
> 
> 
> Russ Perna
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: librets-users-bounces at crt.realtors.org
> [mailto:librets-users-bounces at crt.realtors.org] On Behalf Of Keith T. Garner
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 1:16 PM
> To: For discussion and help for and by the users of the libRETS C++ library
> Subject: Re: [libRETS-users] Strange Error
> 
> 
> On 12/19/07 12:06 PM, Russ Perna wrote:
>> Maybe it could be something else then.
>>
>> This is the request from RETS Connector:
>> URI:
>> /Search.asmx/Search?SearchType=Property&Class=1&Select=217&Format=COMP
>> ACT&Qu
>> eryType=DMQL2&Query=(290=%7CACT),(40=%7C440)
>>
>> This is the request from libRets:
>> URI:
>> /Search.asmx/Search?Class=1&Count=1&Format=COMPACT&Query=(290%3dACT),(
>> 40%3d4 
>> 40)&QueryType=DMQL2&SearchType=Property&Select=217&StandardNames=0
>>
>> Does this tell you anything that I might be missing?
> 
> Yes, you are not querying the LOOKUPs with the syntax for querying LOOKUPs.
> 
> Your query is "(290=ACT),(40=440)" when it should be "(290=|ACT),(40=|440)"
>  In your example from RETSConnector, you can see a %7C in their URLEncoded
> version.  %7C is | when decoded.
> 
> kgarner at copper [501]:irb
> irb(main):001:0> require 'uri'
> 
> irb(main):003:0> URI.unescape('(290=%7CACT),(40=%7C440)')
> => "(290=|ACT),(40=|440)"
> 
> 
> The RETS metadata is your friend.  Both of those tables should tell you that
> their interpretation is LOOKUP.
> 
> Keith
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