[ic] coordinated search question
Mat Jones - booksellersolutions.com
mat@booksellersolutions.com
Thu, 12 Apr 2001 08:40:23 -0700
My products DB contains book author names in following format - "LastName,
FirstName"
In the coordinated search I want user to be able to enter the author in
either "LastName, FirstName" or "FirstName LastName" format.
How can I set the coordinated search to match either format.
Below is part of my coordinated search code:
<FORM ACTION="[area search]" METHOD=POST>
<input type=hidden name="mv_searchtype" value="sql">
<input type=hidden name="mv_coordinate" value="yes">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=mv_search_map VALUE="
mv_searchspec=search1
mv_searchspec=search2
mv_searchspec=search3
mv_searchspec=search4
mv_searchspec=search5
mv_searchspec=search6
">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="mv_search_field" VALUE="author">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="mv_search_field" VALUE="title">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="mv_search_field" VALUE="publish">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="mv_search_field" VALUE="edition">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="mv_search_field" VALUE="description">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="mv_search_field" VALUE="isbn">
... all html form elements ...
</form>
Thanks
Mat
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