[ic] Problem re-using search data containing spaces

[Ed LaFrance (New Media E.M.S.)]

At 07:45 AM 10/11/2004, you wrote:

>I included the parsed HTML to show that only '%20' (not '%2520') is in
>'mv_searchspec' when the form is submitted. So it is after the form has been
>sent that it changes.
>
>The code to retrieve the previous search data and create the form is quite
>bulky, but uses the following script I found posted in the mail archives:
>
>     [seti lastsearch][data session last_search][/seti]
>     [perl]
>       my @sf;
>       my @se;
>       my $item;
>       my $cnt = 0;
>       my $tmpSearch = {};
>       my @searchstring = split(/\//,$Scratch->{lastsearch});
>       ## build list of sf and se
>       foreach $item (@searchstring) {
>         if ($item =~ /^sf=(.*)/) {
>           push @sf,$1;
>         }
>         elsif ($item =~ /^se=(.*)/) {
>           push @se,$1;
>         }
>       }
>       ## now build our hash of field/term pairs
>       foreach $item (@sf) {
>         $tmpSearch->{$item} = $se[$cnt];
>         $cnt++;
>       }
>       ## populate needed scratch values
>       $Scratch->{lastpublisher} = $tmpSearch->{publisher};
>       return;
>     [/perl]
>
>The scratch value containing the previous publisher is then inserted into
>the form with:
>  <input type="hidden" name="mv_searchspec" value="[scratch lastpublisher]">
>
>Perhaps I need to apply a filter to the scratch value to change the '%20' to
>a normal space? But I haven't been able to find a filter which does this,
>and my perl knowledge is very sketchy.
>
>Many thanks

Well, the above does seem like the long way around, but you can just do 
(before the return):

$Scratch->{lastpublisher} =~ s/\%20/ /g;

...to put normal space characters back in.

- Ed


>Steve
>
> > From: "Ed LaFrance (New Media E.M.S.)" <ic_users at newmediaems.com>
> > Reply-To: interchange-users at icdevgroup.org
> > Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 07:17:36 -0700
> > To: interchange-users at icdevgroup.org
> > Subject: Re: [ic] Problem re-using search data containing spaces
> >
> > At 06:20 AM 10/11/2004, you wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have a one-click search on my product page to allow users to easily 
> search
> >> for more products by the same publisher:
> >>
> >> Search: [page search="
> >> sf=publisher
> >> se=[item-field publisher]
> >> ml=20
> >> tf=title
> >> su=1
> >> "][item-field publisher][/page]
> >>
> >> After this search is issued, there is a drop-down form box on the results
> >> page where users can chose to re-sort the data by another field.
> >>
> >> <form action="/cgi-bin/bookshop/search.html?id=..." method="GET">
> >> <input type=hidden name=mv_session_id value="...">
> >> <INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=mv_searchtype VALUE=db>
> >> <INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=mv_matchlimit VALUE=20>
> >> <input type=hidden name=mv_substring_match value=1>
> >> <input type="hidden" name="mv_search_field" value="publisher">
> >> <input type="hidden" name="mv_searchspec" value="Penguin%20Books">
> >>
> >> <select name="mv_sort_field" size="1">
> >> <option value="title">title</option>
> >> <option value="author" selected>author</option>
> >> <option value="publisher">publisher</option>
> >> <option value="category">category</option>
> >> </select>
> >>
> >> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Go">
> >> </form>
> >>
> >> However, if the 'publisher' name contains a space, the space is 
> converted to
> >> a '%20' - which then seems to be changed to '%2520' when the re-sort 
> search
> >> is issued.
> >>
> >> So the search returns no matches and the 'GET' url contains
> >> 'http://...&mv_searchspec=Penguin%2520Books'
> >>
> >> I would be grateful if someone could offer any advice on how I could 
> prevent
> >> the '%20' from being converted to '%2520'.
> >> Or should I be looking to remove the initial '%20' from the hidden form
> >> field in the drop-down list search?
> >>
> >> I am currently running Interchange 5.0
> >>
> >> Many thanks
> >>
> >> Steve
> >
> > You posted the parsed HTML of the searchbox, but what does the ITL look 
> like?
> >
> > - Ed
> >
> >
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