[ic] Search strings must be at least 1 characters. > You had no search string specified.

[Gert van der Spoel]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: interchange-users-bounces at icdevgroup.org [mailto:interchange-
> users-bounces at icdevgroup.org] On Behalf Of Richard
> Sent: woensdag 9 januari 2008 12:28
> To: interchange-users at icdevgroup.org
> Subject: [ic] Search strings must be at least 1 characters. > You had
> no search string specified.
> 
> Just in case this may help some users...
> 
> For a long time I've been bugged by numerous entries in the error log
> along
> these lines:
> 
> >Search strings must be at least 1 characters.
> > > You had no search string specified.
> 
> Some pretty comprehensive searches of the forum messages haven't
> enabled me
> to pinpoint the cause of the problem in my case, but I tried yet
> another
> search today and found this snippet:
> 
> >   [loop search="
> >     se=test
> >     su=yes
> >     fi=products
> >     tf=description
> >   "]
> 
> on this page:
> 
> http://www.icdevgroup.org/docs/iccattut/EnhancingtheCatalog.html
> 
> The pages which were generating my "Search strings" errors had loop
> searches like these:
> 
> >     [loop search="
> >         fi=nameslist.txt
> >         st=text
> >         ml=500
> >         rf=firstname,surname,website"]
> >      [list]
> 
> Adding:
> 
> >         sf=surname
> >         se='
> >         su=yes
> 
> to search for virtually anything in one of the fields, seems to have
> caused
> the error messages to go away with no adverse consequences that I have
> discovered so far.
> 
> Complete loop tag code:
> 
> >     [loop search="
> >         fi=nameslist.txt
> >         st=text
> >         sf=surname
> >         se='
> >         su=yes
> >         ml=500
> >         rf=firstname,surname,website"]
> >      [list]
> 
> I don't know whether it was intended to work this way or whether I've
> just
> stumbled on a workaround, but it appears that a search expression is
> obligatory in loop searches if these error messages are to be avoided.
> 
> Workaround or not, perhaps this may help save someone some frustration.
> 
> Oh, version of IC in use? Not sure which one my host is using, but its
> a
> very recent one.

Adding ms=0  should do the trick, see:
http://www.interchange.rtfm.info/icdocs/Search_parameters.html#mv_min_string
_ms

default is 1 ... Adding se='  probably makes the search to be seen as at
least 1 character.

CU,

Gert