[xwiki-users] Re: Case insensitive search

[Sergiu Dumitriu]

On 3/27/07, Zeljko Trogrlic <zeljko_t at post.htnet.hr> wrote:
>
> >>
> >>     Hi,
> >>
> >>     I noticed that XWiki does case sensitive search, e.g. if I search
> for
> >>     "available", available will be found, but not "Available."
> >>
> >>     How can I make searches case insensitive?
> >>
> >>
> >> The search page should be case insensitive. If it is not, then it
> >> might be a bug.
> >
> > it's a bug... I don't know if we have a jira issue. I heard this issue
> > from another user 2 days ago and I remember seeing it myself.
>
> I'm using PostgreSQL as backend, could that be the source of the
> problem? How actually searching works? Using database functions? If you
> give me a hint where is it done (in code) I can investigate the problem.


Check the code for Main.WebSearch , its a series of hibernate hql queries.
The string is searched with "where field LIKE '$keyword'", so if LIKE is not
case insensitive, this is the cause.

>>     Speaking of searching, it not clear to me what happens if I turn on
> >>     Lucene. Does this replace searching back-end for regular search
> >>     box, or
> >>     I have to add new page for searching?
> >>
> >>
> >> No, it does not replace normal search. You will have to write a search
> >> page that uses Lucene. Maybe we should have this page in the Code area
> >> on xwiki.org <http://xwiki.org>.
> >
> > We already have it :-)
> >
> > http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Code/LucenePlugin
>
> It was not clear to me does it replace regular search, thanks for the
> answer. I will add search box integration to JIRA for future reference,
> and I think that this should be stated on plugin page, because
> description is a bit misleading: "It can be used in place of the default
> search implementation..."
>

Sergiu
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