Re: [VuFind-General] Default search with *

[Demian K. <dem...@vi...>]

VuFind does this sort of thing in a couple of places - the call number search is configured to force a wildcard on every search, and the Solr autocomplete module modifies the current query to ensure it has a wildcard on the end.  You might be able to adapt logic/configuration from either of those places to achieve the effect you desire.

However, I'd be careful about wildcarding all searches by default - I think this is likely to frustrate and confuse more than help - it prevents users from entering specific terms (if I really want to search for "cat," I don't want results about "cathedrals"), and it may also interfere with advanced syntax (it's easy to put a "*" on the end of a search query... but this may have unintended consequences if the search is something like publishDate:[1930 TO 1950]).

If you tell us more about why you are trying to do this, perhaps we can offer an alternative that is preferable to mass wildcarding.

- Demian

From: Viviane Ventura [mailto:vav...@ya...]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 9:07 AM
To: vufind-general
Subject: [VuFind-General] Default search with *

Hi!

Is it possible configure vufind to perform all searches with * by default?

Por exemple:

Target: Fam

Results: Family, Fame

In order to type explicitly Fam* (with *).

Results: Family, Fame

Thanks for help!