Re: FW: [mv] Search field Question

[Mike Heins <mikeh@minivend.com>]

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Quoting Ramsey French (rammjet@mac.com):
> 
> Giving it another try....
> 
> 
> Hi - I have looked through the docs and the archives, but I cannot get a
> clear explanation on what is happening here.
> 
> In the simple demo, there is a search box in the logobar.  Some of the
> arguments in the form variables are:
> 
>   <INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=mv_coordinate VALUE=1>
>   <INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=mv_search_field VALUE=category>  <===
>   <INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=mv_search_field
>                    VALUE=":artist,title,comment,display">  <===
>                           ^
> 
> What is happening with this pair of search_field values?  What does the
> colon (:) in front of the string "artist,title,comment,display" do?
> 
> I'm assuming some "pairing" happens where category:artist becomes a pair and
> category:title becomes a pair.  What type of search is happening here?

The intent is a coordinated search for

	category =~ /searchstring 1/

and

	(artist . title . comment . display) =~ /searchstring 2/

After looking at the code, I am not sure it works quite right. I think
the second value should actually be :artist:title:comment:display if I
read it correctly.

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