Problems with Verity

[ecintern]

I am currently using the Verity search engine to search a collection of studies. The user enters search criteria into a form, and then Verity performs the search. I am having a problem when the user enters an author in the form, lastname, initials. The comma is not being read literally, instead it is being interpreted as an end text token. I need it to be read literally.

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[calista]

Hi, ecintern!

I'm using the Verity search engine that came with Cold Fusion, and I found the same thing you did. If the user enters two or more words with spaces in between, it is treated as a phrase, but if the words are separated by commas, it is treated as two separate terms.

How big is your database, and how is it configured? Is the last name and initials all in one field? If not, I would separate them if you have that option. What happens if you enter last name and initials without commas? What I would probably do is have the user enter the last name only, present those results (sort by lastname,firstname), and allow the user to choose the one he wants from there. Calista :-X
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