Re: Searching words beginning with "A"

["kenshin" <kenshin@planetanime.com>]

Hello all, i have sort of a corollary to an old thread. I'm trying to
achieve this:

[page scan
se=a.*
sf=description
bs=yes

se=DVHS
sf=subcategory
bs=no

co=yes
sp=bresults ]tapes that start with "A"[/page]

which should give me all items from my products db with subcategory DVHS
beggining with the letter a.

but in a form.  How can i escape the ".*"? or am i going about this all the
wrong way?

My form looks like this:

<form method=POST action="[process-target]" name="browse">
	<input type="hidden" name="mv_coordinate" value="yes">

	<input type="hidden" name="mv_begin_string" value="no">
	<input type="hidden" name="mv_begin_string" value="yes">

	<input type="hidden" name="mv_search_field" value="subcategory">
	<input type="hidden" name="mv_search_field" value="description">

	<input type="hidden" name="mv_sort_field" value="subcategory">
	<input type="hidden" name="mv_sort_field" value="description">

	<input type="hidden" name="mv_field_names"
value="code,site,category,subcategory,description">

	<input type="hidden" name="mv_search_map" value="
	    mv_searchspec=search1
	    mv_searchspec=search2
	">

   Select a format:

      <select name="search1" MV.OPTION="search1">
                <option value="">All Formats
                <option value="DVHS">	Domestic VHS Tapes
      </select>

      <p>Title begins with:

                  <select name="search2" MV.OPTION="search2">
			   <option value="A.*">A
    			   <option value="B.*">B
			   <option value="C.*">C
                     ... etc ...
			</select>

	<input type="hidden" name="mv_search_page" value="bresults">
	<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="[L]Search[/L]">
      <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="mv_doit" VALUE="search">
</form>

thanks in advance,
mike k.