[Zope-dev] ZCatalog search problem with some extended chars

Tue, 23 Nov 1999 19:48:51 +0100

Hello,

I tested the ZCatalog search feature on text with French extended 
characters. I use Zope 2.1b2 on Win NT 4. I set the 'fr' locale in z2.py. 
Zope restarted OK.

The results are strange: when words with extended characters are indexed in 
Text Fields, some can be found and some can't. (No problems in Keyword Fields).

I think I narrowed it down to the following: some extended characters are 
OK and some are not. I enclosed below a list of 'searchable' and 
'non-searchable' characters. I suppose there is a pattern but I couldn't 
see it.

Did anyone witness similar behavior? Can I do something to fix it?

Cheers.

Alexandre

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(When testing I included the actual character, not its entity 
representation. However, I include the entities here for reference because 
mailers may not display these characters properly).

Included information :
HTML entity name - Octal code - ANSI code

Are not working on my box
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&Agrave; - Octal \300 - ANSI 192
&Acirc; - Octal \302 - ANSI 194
&Auml; - Octal \304 - ANSI 196
&Ouml; - Octal \326 - ANSI 214
&agrave; - Octal \340 - ANSI 224
&acirc; - Octal \342 - ANSI 226
&auml; - Octal \344 - ANSI 228
&ccedil; - Octal \347 - ANSI 231
&egrave; - Octal \350 - ANSI 232
&ouml; - Octal \366 - ANSI 246
&ugrave; - Octal \371 - ANSI 249

Are working on my box
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&Eacute; - Octal \311 - ANSI 201
&Ecirc; - Octal \312 - ANSI 202
&Icirc; - Octal \316 - ANSI 206
&Iuml; - Octal \317 - ANSI 207
&Ocirc; - Octal \324 - ANSI 212
&Ucirc; - Octal \333 - ANSI 219
&Uuml; - Octal \334 - ANSI 220
&eacute; - Octal \351 - ANSI 233
&ecirc; - Octal \352 - ANSI 234
&icirc; - Octal \356 - ANSI 238
&iuml; - Octal \357 - ANSI 239
&ntilde; - Octal \361 - ANSI 241
&ocirc; - Octal \364 - ANSI 244
&ucirc; - Octal \373 - ANSI 251
&uuml; - Octal \374 - ANSI 252