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not able to search files/folder using ampersand(&)

monicakumari — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 09:46:57 GMT

I am trying to search files using ampersand.I have created a file with name "abc & xyz" on a fresh installation of alfresco 5.2.now, I am trying to search the file but it is not considering ampersand.I am able to search with 'abc' or 'abc*' because it is reading characters "abc" but when I try t

Re: not able to search files/folder using ampersand(&)

calvo — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 16:04:46 GMT

Hi,

I think you must to escape the character '&'. Please, try something like this:

'abc \&'

"abc \&"

Regards,

clv

Re: not able to search files/folder using ampersand(&)

kalpesh_c2 — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 16:10:22 GMT

Hi, Monica kumari

when you trying to search with abc & abc, the value goes on url - "abc %26 abc" instead of "abc & abc" because

While searching you got' abc %26 abc 'in url because it encodes the string which you have entered.

Please refer this

How to search text with special character?

UTF-8 Character encoding issue

Thanks,

Kalpesh

Re: not able to search files/folder using ampersand(&)

andy1 — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 20:45:01 GMT

It is not clear what you are trying do. If the & is critical in the query you need to quote the string and ask for an exact match. Just escaping the \& will not do much ...

="abc & xyz"

Andy