SID-00588: WebSearch with wildcards / Asterisk '*'

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.2.2	Perl version:	5.005, 5.6.1
Category:	CategorySearch	Server OS:	RHEL5	Last update:	16 years ago

Hey,

can someone explain how I can search in the "WebSearch" text with wildcards: for examble: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/WebHome searching "*aboration" to get "collaboration" ... I always get no results.

Can I change somenting in the options or am i using the wrong wildcards??

thx in advanced slank

-- DanSlank - 2009-10-26

Discussion and Answer

The default search type in TWiki's WebSearch is type="word" which searches for full words. You can change the default to type="keyword". That way you can search for text within a word.

Test:

• default search with type="word" for "collaboration"
  • https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/WebSearch?search=collaboration
• default search with type="word" for "collaboration" - no hits
  • https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/WebSearch?search=aboration
• search with type="keyword" for "collaboration"
  • https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/WebSearch?search=collaboration;type=keyword
• search with type="keyword" for "aboration" with hits
  • https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/WebSearch?search=aboration;type=keyword

You can do wildcard-like searches with RegularExpression using type="regex" search. Use .*aboration instead of *aboration.

Details at SearchHelp, VarSEARCH, fix in your TWiki.WebSearch

-- PeterThoeny - 2009-10-26

Works perfect

Thank you

-- DanSlank - 2009-10-27

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