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PURLS

Select PURLs for validation by searching
previous validation results

Instructions

This form searches previous validation results to identify PURLs using the inputs defined in the following table.

Code equals The validation code results match a value in this space-delimited list of status codes. Note that 200 is the standard "successful" response from an HTTP server. See status-codes.html for more information on status codes.
Code does not equal The validation code results do NOT match a value in this space-delimited list of status codes. Note that 200 is the standard "successful" response from an HTTP server. See status-codes.html for more information on status codes. This input box will override the Code equals input box -- the results are NOT ANDed together.
Days The validation results are no more than this many days old.
Occurrence The appropriate validation code was returned at least this many times.
Last The number of the most recent validation results that the search will be limited to. In other words, only use this many of the last (or most recent) validation results. The search covers previous validation results by all users, not just those done using your user ID!

For instance, say you want to know which PURLs have "failed" 3 of their last 4 validations within the past month. You could leave Code equals blank, enter 200 in Code does not equal, enter 30 for days, enter 3 for occurrence, and 4 for last. Note that in this case, a PURL may have "failed" many times in the month (more than 3 times) but still may not get reported because only the last 4 validation results were used. If you do not want to limit the search in this way, make the value of last large.

First, specify a valid registered user ID and Password. (This will be used to verify validation privileges.) 

ID         required
Password   required, case sensitive

Next, fill in the following fields which were described above. After your input is processed, you will be presented with a list of PURLs to validate. You will be able to edit this list before validation begins. 

Code equals         
Code does not equal 
Days                 required
Occurrence           required
Last                 required
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