[Zope] Usind Wildcards in Search fields

[Shaw, Howard]

Your post isn't clear, but I assume you mean you connected an SQL
database, and used the built in search forms. Most SQL servers accept a
query of the form X like 'thus%' where percent is the same as * and
underscore (_) is the same as ? in shell scripting. However, I have not
used the built in search forms, so I don't know if they properly detect
a '%' or '_' and switch to using like instead of equals. I doubt it,
based on what I've read, so you'll probably have to rewrite the SQL
queries.

Howard C. Shaw III
Programmer/SysAdmin
St. Thomas High School


> ----------
> From: 	Alexander Schad[SMTP:ags@beehive.de]
> Sent: 	Friday, April 09, 1999 9:52 AM
> To: 	zope@zope.org
> Subject: 	[Zope] Usind Wildcards in Search fields
> 
> Hello,
> I added search forms to my uploaded database but all i can search for
> are
> complete words. When i type something like "a*" he finds nothing.
> Is there a way to allow wildcard searches on a zope server?
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Ciao,
> 	Alex
> 
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