My search doesn't bring back all the results I was hoping to get

Hi, I was wondering if someone can help. I have created a search feature and I want to be able to search 4 db fields for one or more words. When I do that, it doesn't seem to search all the fields I listed because it brings back less results.

I'm attaching a screenshot of the dialogue box if that helps.

Basically what I would like:

If a user searches Adult Volunteer the search for this term should look in 4 of my fields for "Adult Volunteer" regardless of where the string is within the fields, but it should be an exact match.

Also, please let me know if this is something I can do within the data assist dialogue box.

I really appreciate your help. Thank you

Nelson

send a copy of the results page so i can see the code, from there I can advise you how to troubleshoot the issue.

Or send it directly to you... if so where?

Thanks

yes, compress it to a zip archive and and attach it here.

I've changed it since that screen capture but it's still not doing what I need it to do. If possible, please let me know what I'm missing while using the tool. I'd rather understand it completely and not bug you again with the same question :-)

To summarize... I wan't someone to to type in something like Adult Volunteer

My search should look at 4 fields within the same table and check if any of the four fields i.e. title, keywords, desc and category contains "Adult Volunteer" in all records.

Thanks so much.
Nelson

your page is using multiple criteria, it should only be using the one. key word criteria similar to what you had in the initial post. I think the problem you are having is actually a bug in the data assist search behavior. When you only have o
1 criteria, you cant change the separator from AND to OR in a key word search, that will need to be don't in the code.


in the code, you will see a line similar to:
$WADbSearch1->keywordComparison($KeyArr1,"".((isset($_POST["searchForm"]))?$_POST["searchForm"]:"") ."","AND","=",",%20","%20","%22","%22",0);


you will need to change it to:
$WADbSearch1->keywordComparison($KeyArr1,"".((isset($_POST["searchForm"]))?$_POST["searchForm"]:"") ."","OR","=",",%20","%20","%22","%22",0);

Hi Jason, I tried your suggestion but it came up empty so then I tried through the tool again and I got much closer with your suggestion. It also looked alot like your code string.

One thing though... I searched for the word Student

It brought back two records. The thing is... I have "student" in another record under the field "title" with a value of "Student Volunteer Program" (no quotes) and it didn't return that record. Any idea why? My hope is that it would find "student" in that string and return that record also.

Any suggestions will be much appreciated. I'm attaching the new updated file. Also... I'm leaving for the day but I'll check back tomorrow if you're able to answer. Thanks again.

Nelson

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