From 1d35f4ab5a03a95b58fac3dccabd835e51d9f6e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tanyar09 <tanyar09@git.levkin.ca>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:15:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: cast date filters in viewer search

---
 viewer-frontend/app/api/search/route.ts | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/viewer-frontend/app/api/search/route.ts b/viewer-frontend/app/api/search/route.ts
index e35cfeb..cf1382d 100644
--- a/viewer-frontend/app/api/search/route.ts
+++ b/viewer-frontend/app/api/search/route.ts
@@ -171,12 +171,14 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
       
       if (dateFrom || dateTo) {
         if (dateFrom) {
-          whereConditions.push(`date_taken >= $${paramIndex}`);
+          // Cast param to DATE to avoid "operator does not exist: date >= text" in Postgres
+          whereConditions.push(`date_taken >= $${paramIndex}::date`);
           params.push(dateFrom);
           paramIndex++;
         }
         if (dateTo) {
-          whereConditions.push(`date_taken <= $${paramIndex}`);
+          // Cast param to DATE to avoid "operator does not exist: date <= text" in Postgres
+          whereConditions.push(`date_taken <= $${paramIndex}::date`);
           params.push(dateTo);
           paramIndex++;
         }
-- 
2.49.1