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[BKP1]

I have a problem with cfsearch results.
If my criteria includes characters other than alphanumerals then cfsearch returns 0 records.
What should I do to include other characters such as -, ., !, ?, etc. in the search.
I would appreciate any help.

Thanks!

 

[Sarky78]

I think that we had this problem a while ago, and used a regex to remove these characters from the search, as they re effectively "noise" characters.

have a look at this article:

http://www.zytrax.com/tech/web/regex.htm

what you will need is something like this:

<cfset searchString = ReReplace(Form.SearchCriteria, [unct:], '', 'All')>

Hope this helps!

Tony

 

[BKP1]

Thanks!. I tried that.
<cfset searchString = ReReplace(FORM.keywords, [unct:], '', 'All')>
But I get the following error.

"Missing argument name. When using named parameters to a function, every parameter must have a name."


I am not sure what's wrong.

 

[Sarky78]

sorry, my bad..the reg ex needs to be in quotes

<cfset searchString = ReReplace(Form.SearchCriteria, "[unct:]", '', 'All')>

Tony

 

[BKP1]

Thank you so much. It's working!
Have a nice day!

Pushpa