1 <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>2. Queries</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="YAZ User's Guide and Reference"><link rel="up" href="zoom.html" title="Chapter 3. ZOOM"><link rel="prev" href="zoom.html" title="Chapter 3. ZOOM"><link rel="next" href="zoom.resultsets.html" title="3. Result sets"></head><body><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="common/style1.css"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">2. Queries</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zoom.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 3. ZOOM</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zoom.resultsets.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="zoom.query"></a>2. Queries</h2></div></div></div><p>
2 Query objects represents queries.
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4 ZOOM_query ZOOM_query_create(void);
6 void ZOOM_query_destroy(ZOOM_query q);
8 int ZOOM_query_prefix(ZOOM_query q, const char *str);
10 int ZOOM_query_cql(ZOOM_query s, const char *str);
12 int ZOOM_query_sortby(ZOOM_query q, const char *criteria);
14 Create query objects using <code class="function">ZOOM_query_create</code>
15 and destroy them by calling <code class="function">ZOOM_query_destroy</code>.
16 RPN-queries can be specified in <a class="link" href="tools.html#PQF" title="1.1. Prefix Query Format">PQF</a>
18 function <code class="function">ZOOM_query_prefix</code>.
19 The <code class="function">ZOOM_query_cql</code> specifies a CQL
20 query to be sent to the server/target.
21 More query types will be added in future versions of YAZ, such as
22 <a class="link" href="tools.html#CCL" title="1.2. CCL">CCL</a> to RPN-mapping, native CCL query,
23 etc. In addition to a search, a sort criteria may be set. Function
24 <code class="function">ZOOM_query_sortby</code> specifies a
25 sort criteria using the same string notation for sort as offered by
26 the <a class="link" href="client.commands.html#sortspec">YAZ client</a>.
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28 The query object is just an interface for the member Query
29 in the SearchRequest. The sortby-function is an interface to the
30 sortSequence member of the SortRequest.
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