Re: [IUG] stop character in OPAC searches?

[LaVonne Jacobsen <lavonne at sfsu dot edu>]

I'm sure that your explanation of how it works is correct.  We happen  
to have two entries in our catalog for two authors named "Engs" -- so  
the search puts you right above them.  In that sense, it "worked."

LaVonne


On Jun 11, 2008, at 8:40 AM, Bob Duncan wrote:

> At 05:50 PM 06/10/2008, LaVonne wrote:
> > The pipe character [|] works in our webopac.
>
> I think the pipe character works only when what precedes the pipe is
> the entirety of an indexed field.  Using a pipe with the partial
> contents of an indexed field typically results in no match, and
> appending a pipe to the entire contents of an author entry is likely
> to get you the same results as not appending the pipe.
>
> Going back to the original question...appending a pipe to "engs" in
> an author index search will result in "no matches found", not a list
> of authors whose last name is Engs (unless there are several authors
> with the single name Engs in your catalog).
>
> Bob Duncan
>
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