[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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