User Guide

Working with Template Variables and Search Parameters 211
Getting Results with Novell Web Services
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August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
retencoding String Lets you specify a character set encoding to be
used by all results pages returned to users.
Syntax: retencoding=content type
Example: retencoding=iso-8859-1
Default: UTF8
sortkeys Integer Lets you specify the number of sort fields that
should be used to sort the search results.
Syntax: sortkeys=number
Example: sortkeys=1
sortfield String Syntax: sortfieldnumber=number
Example: sortfield1=title
Allows you to specify the sort order of results
returned in a results page.
Field names include title, author, URL, changedate,
language, summary, relevance, and filelength.
IMPORTANT: Type these fields exactly as they
appear above.
To specify more than one field, use the SORTFIELD
parameter and value, separated by an ampersand
(&) as in the following:
retfield=title&retfield=author
sortorder Integer Lets you specify the alphanumeric ordering of
search result items (hits). Options include the
following:
0= Ascending
1= Descending
2= Default for each field.
Syntax: sortordernumber=number
Example: sortorder1=0
Parameter Name Value Description