Search within HTML field

rgates@ttcdas.com

I have a field in a BO defined as Plain Text HTML Format. When using any search within this field the search doesn't return the results. I have tried my own search forms via the BO, used the Ask_at_runtime via a query, and used the default search binoculars that appear in the grid view of a query. All of these do not return any rows.

aware_support

A string in the HTML format has HTML tags embedded inside the text. These tags may screw up the search. For example:

In this text this word is bold

If you search for "word is bold", the search will not find anything because of the tag. You need to specify search phrases that do not include any tags inside.

rgates@ttcdas.com

Hmmm.... still not working. I tried searching for the word "keyboard" and "session" in this text. No results were returned.

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aware_support

Interesting. We'll investigate.

aware_support

The reason is that you are probably using an HTML editor in your search forms. The editor adds unwanted HTML tags to the search. You need to use a simple text box in your search forms or use the HTML editor in the Source Code mode.