Question

Hi, We're running 4.0.5. We have a number of Webs for the various software modules we create, with further subWebs for different departments. For instance we have ModuleName as a web, with ModuleName/CustomerServices, ModuleName/Development etc as subWebs.

These are very useful divisions for us, but we could really do with an option that allowed us to specify that the search confined itself to the Web, but included all the subWebs within it - i.e. the option to perform a quick search for all info on a particular module, without having to search the whole database.

It would be especially good if we could set this as a checkbox/radio button in, say, the Advanced Search.

Has anyone already done this, or does anyone have any ideas?

I've left the technical specs for this question blank, but if they would be helpful, I can add them.

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-- SimonKnaggs - 24 Nov 2006

Answer

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Try looking at the documentation for search at http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki04/TWikiVariables#SEARCH_text_search_content. It will allow you to do what you want. All you need to do is modify the advanced search page on your web(s). There is an option you can set called recurse.

Modify the form that feeds the SEARCH query to allow this to be set with a checkbox or something.

Another more generalized option is to use the web variable in the search to specify a list of webs you want to search.

This could give whatever flexibility you want in searching webs and subwebs.

Note: I have used the web option of SEARCH to search multiple webs however I have never tried the recurse option before but have only seen it in the documentation. I'm assuming it works as documented.

-- RickMach - 25 Nov 2006

Works like a charm - thanks very much Rick.

-- SimonKnaggs - 01 Dec 2006