Re: unusual search problem
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 20695
interpreted = N
texte = >>The actual search string created by this code makes the plus signs into %20, and that screws up my searches. Here is the parameter created by this code when I check two of the checkboxes:>>>>&wofieldNamedatarq=US%20West%20GTE%20>>>>... but what I *wanted* for this parameter is:>>>>US%20WEST+GTE+>The work around is to wrap a [url] context around the plus character (or just specify it as its %xx equivalent) in [search] text. Then WebCat will convert it back to a plus before processing. (you will notice that the [url] context converts + characters, even though they're legal in a URL, for this reason).I tried specifying it as %2B as suggested (also) by PCS Tech Support, but it doesn't work, webcat still sees the + sign as a space in terms of word separations in the search parameters, so the end result is that:&wofieldNamedatarq=US%20West%2BGTElooks like this on the web page itself:US West+GTEBut in the search context it still acts like it did before.In other words, the problem still remains ... :(Any other ideas for making this work properly?I already tried this:group1Field=brandeqgroup1data=US%20WESTgroup2Field=brandeqgroup2data=GTE... not only using eq but also ws and wo, and nothing works properly, so there may be a problem using the webcat field grouping features too. I think I should have been able to do it that way but I still haven't found a way ... :(Sincerely,Ken Grome808-737-6499WebDNA Solutionsmailto:ken@webdna.nethttp://www.webdna.net
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>>The actual search string created by this code makes the plus signs into %20, and that screws up my searches. Here is the parameter created by this code when I check two of the checkboxes:>>>>&wofieldNamedatarq=US%20West%20GTE%20>>>>... but what I *wanted* for this parameter is:>>>>US%20WEST+GTE+>The work around is to wrap a
[url] context around the plus character (or just specify it as its %xx equivalent) in
[search] text. Then WebCat will convert it back to a plus before processing. (you will notice that the
[url] context converts + characters, even though they're legal in a URL, for this reason).I tried specifying it as %2B as suggested (also) by PCS Tech Support, but it doesn't work, webcat still sees the + sign as a space in terms of word separations in the search parameters, so the end result is that:&wofieldNamedatarq=US%20West%2BGTElooks like this on the web page itself:US West+GTEBut in the search context it still acts like it did before.In other words, the problem still remains ... :(Any other ideas for making this work properly?I already tried this:group1Field=brandeqgroup1data=US%20WESTgroup2Field=brandeqgroup2data=GTE... not only using eq but also ws and wo, and nothing works properly, so there may be a problem using the webcat field grouping features too. I think I should have been able to do it that way but I still haven't found a way ... :(Sincerely,Ken Grome808-737-6499WebDNA Solutionsmailto:ken@webdna.nethttp://www.webdna.net
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