Question

$formfield in formatted search returns empty string instead of value:

%SEARCH{... format="... $formfield(TopicClassification)... "}%

Found a workaround by patching getMetaFormField in Search.pm.

see NorbertGaworTest

Environment

-- NorbertGawor - 23 Sep 2005

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There is an interference when using $text and $formfield in a SEARCH at the same time. I believe $text gets rendered before $formfield gets evaluated, hence $formfield contains HTML. As a workaround use a $pattern instead of $text when your are using $formfield.

See updated NorbertGaworTest

-- PeterThoeny - 23 Sep 2005

Peter, thank you; the meta data are visible now but I cannot find a pattern which retrieves the same as $text, please see NorbertGaworTest

-- NorbertGawor - 27 Sep 2005

$pattern((.*).*) does not work, .* must not be used within the pattern. This is a documented limitation of the parser, see FormattedSearch. The trick is to use a pattern that grabs everything within the parenthesis without using .*. I fixed your example to read $pattern(([^\e]*).*)

-- PeterThoeny - 27 Sep 2005

Thank you, Peter.

This works, even in our intranet.

I am just upgrading our TWiki to "03 Sep 2004" due to SecurityAlertExecuteCommandsWithRev.

May I hope DakarRelease will have eliminated these workarounds?

kind regards,

-- NorbertGawor - 28 Sep 2005