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    Searching with underscore returns records that don't contain the search term

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    • Product: Primo
    • Product Version: All versions
    • Relevant for Installation Type: All types

    Scenario:

     

    Searching for 'A__B' returns records that contains the following:

     

    • Records that contains 'A__B'
    • Records that contains 'A_B'
    • Records that contains 'A B'
    • Records that contains 'A' and also 'B'

     

    Explanation:

    1. Multiple underscores are converted to single underscore (e.g. 'A__B' will be converted to 'A_B' and 'A__1' will be converted to 'A_1').
    2. Underscore not followed by a number will be replaced by a single space, hence searching for 'A_B' will be converted to searching for 'A B'.
    3. Underscore followed by a number will stay the same, hence searching for 'A_1' will be searched as 'A_1'.

    Conclusion:

    Searching for terms containing single/ multiple underscores, not followed by a number will be broken into two separated terms which will cause Primo to return irrelevant records

     

     


    • Article last edited: 23-May-2016
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