How to Set Default Integer Value in Search Template

[krmathieu (Kevin M.)]

I am getting a number_format_exception when trying to run a search against a search template containing this snippet of code. It defines a CityID variable and tries to set a wildcard default and the CityID field is defined as an integer in my mapping:

{{CityID}}{{^CityID}}*{{/CityID}}

Basically, I am trying to make the CityID field optional in my search template and the string fields work fine when using the *. Does anyone know what the wildcard default for a integer variable should be? Just as a test I set it to 0 and re-ran the search and it worked but did not return any results because I have no Cities with a CityID of 0 and obviously I cannot make that the default. I just wanted to confirm that the definition is in fact expecting an integer value. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Kevin

[krmathieu (Kevin M.)]

This issue is resolved and it was fixed by changing my search template definition for CityID to this:

{{#CityID}}{{.}}{{/CityID}}{{^CityID}}0{{/CityID}}

This basically says use the CityID value if it is passed into the search template (represented by the period place holder) or use the value of 0 if no value is passed. This works for me because this portion of the search template is in a should clause and I have no Cities with a CityID of 0. Just thought I would post an update in case anyone else runs into this issue.

Kevin