[Rets-dev] Supported Search Formats

[William Smith]

Great! Guess I just didn't read far enough.  Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Stusiak [mailto:pstusiak at falcontechnologies.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 12:39 PM
To: William Smith
Cc: Paula OBrien; rets-dev at rets.org
Subject: Re: [Rets-dev] Supported Search Formats

Section 7.4.2 says that a server must support all the formats.

William Smith wrote:
>
> So, how do I determine if the server supports COMPACT, COMPACT-DECODED

> or STANDARD-XML?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Will
>
>
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> *From:* Paula OBrien [mailto:paula.obrien at sbcglobal.net]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 06, 2007 4:04 PM
> *To:* William Smith; rets-dev at rets.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Rets-dev] Supported Search Formats
>
> Yes, clear as mud, isn't it?
>
> This refers to the SearchType argument of the RETS Search Transaction.

> It in turn corresponds to a METADATA-RESOURCE. The list directly 
> following that statement in 7.1. are well-known METADATA-RESOURCES. 
> So, you would evaluate a server's METADATA-RESOURCES to see what 
> Resources are available. Basically this sentence states that a server 
> is required to have at least one Resource available for performing 
> searches against.
>
> That sentence is probably a good item for clarification by the errata 
> group.
>
>
> */William Smith <WiSmith at stewart.com>/* wrote:
>
>     In Section 7.1 of the 1.5 specification it is stated:
>
>     "The server MUST support at least one type of search. The types of
>     searches supported by the server are specified in the metadata."
>
>     What part of the metadata identifies which search formats are
>     supported? As a client that integrates with multiple servers, it
>     will be necessary to identify the supported formats so I use the
>     correct query.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Will Smith
>
>     Stewart Transaction Solutions
>
>     Sr. Software Engineer - SureClose
>
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