Re: [IUG] Retaining location in srchmod.html

[Bob Duncan <duncanr at lafayette dot edu>]

At 04:28 PM 08/21/2008, Andrew wrote:
> Just a clarification: when you do a keyword search and then Modify it,
> you're taken to the srchhelp_X.html page rather than srchmod.html. (The
> srchmod.html page is for Limiting/Sorting index searches).

To add to Andrew's clarification, it looks like it's your index 
searches that are not retaining the location limit;  as far as I can 
tell, your keyword searches are retaining the limit just fine.

I think the problem is a system bug that was discovered by Mieko 
Yamaguchi a while back, and which still persists (I see it in our 
R2007 Pro catalog as well).  When the code for the location is less 
than 5 characters, the limit is not retained.  You can see it in 
action by limiting to your circulating or reference collection, each 
of which has a location code less than five characters, and each of 
which is NOT retained when you re-limit the search.  But if you limit 
to the DVD collection, which has a 5-character location code, the 
limit is retained.

I'm not sure if III can fix this;  I don't see it as a known issue, 
but I'm too lazy to spend a lot of time looking for it.

Bob Duncan


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