function getByAttributes($criteria, $parent = DATATREE_ROOT,
                              $allLevels = true, $restrict = 'name', $from = 0,
                              $count = 0, $sortby_name = null,
                              $sortby_key = null, $direction = 0)
     {
         if (!count($criteria))
         {
             return PEAR::raiseError('no criteria');
         }


         // Use Criteria one by one until we find results ikoutsil 21/8/06

         foreach ($criteria as $key => $vals)
          {
                  if ($key == 'OR' )
                  {
                         $num_or_statements=count($criteria[$key]);
                         for ($i=0; $i<$num_or_statements; $i++)
                         {
                                 $criteria_or=$criteria['OR'][$i];
                                 list($query, $values) = $this->buildAttributeQuery(
                                                            $criteria_or,
                                                            $parent,
                                                            $allLevels,
                                                            $restrict,
                                                             
DATATREE_BUILD_SELECT,
                                                            $sortby_name,
                                                            $sortby_key,
                                                            $direction);
                                 if ($count)
                                 {
                                     $query = $this->_db->modifyLimitQuery($query, $from, $count);
                                     if (is_a($query, 'PEAR_Error'))
                                     {
                                         return $query;
                                     }
                                 }


                         //      Horde::logMessage('SQL Query by  
DataTree_sql::getByAttributes(): ' . $query, __FILE__, __LINE__, PEAR_LOG_NOTICE);

                                 $result = $this->_db->query($query, $values);
                                 if (is_a($result, 'PEAR_Error'))
                                 {
                                     Horde::logMessage($result, __FILE__, __LINE__, PEAR_LOG_ERR);
                                     return $result;
                                 }
                                 $rows = array();
                                 while ($row = &$result->fetchRow())
                                 {
                                     $rows[$row[0]] = String::convertCharset($row[1], $this->_params['charset']);
                                 }
                                 if ( count($rows)>0 ||
$i==$num_or_statements-1 )
                                 return $rows;
                         }
                 }
          }

         //Default Horde Code Goes Here

         list($query, $values) = $this->buildAttributeQuery($criteria,
                                                            $parent,
                                                            $allLevels,
                                                            $restrict,
                                                             
DATATREE_BUILD_SELECT,
                                                            $sortby_name,
                                                            $sortby_key,
                                                            $direction);
         if ($count)
         {
                 $query = $this->_db->modifyLimitQuery($query, $from, $count);
                 if (is_a($query, 'PEAR_Error'))
                 {
                         return $query;
                 }
         }

         Horde::logMessage('SQL Query by
DataTree_sql::getByAttributes(): ' . $query, __FILE__, __LINE__, PEAR_LOG_DEBUG);
         $result = $this->_db->query($query, $values);
         if (is_a($result, 'PEAR_Error'))
         {
                 Horde::logMessage($result, __FILE__, __LINE__, PEAR_LOG_ERR);
                 return $result;
         }

         $rows = array();
         while ($row = &$result->fetchRow())
         {
                 $rows[$row[0]] = String::convertCharset($row[1], $this->_params['charset']);
         }

     

         return $rows;
     }