Re: [IUG] OPAC search box for title search with advanced limits?

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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:49:16 -0400
From: Bob Duncan <duncanr at lafayette dot edu>
Subject: Re: [IUG] OPAC search box for title search with advanced
	limits?
To: IUG INNOPAC List <innopac at innopacusers dot org>
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At 06:12 AM 04/22/2008, Natalie wrote:
>I'm trying to set up a search box to do a title search with an 
>advanced limit, either on location=electronic resource (elro ) or 
>material type = electronic (m=m)
>. . .
>I have tried both method=post and method=get and have run out of 
>ideas. Can anyone help me set up a title search with an advanced limit?


It's not a form method thing;  it's a WebPAC application and 
Javascript thing.  Only keyword searches can be pre-search limited, 
so you'll need to create a keyword search form that limits the search 
terms to the title segment of the keyword index.  But since the 
formulation of the keyword search query string is driven by 
Javascript that most sites can't (or probably shouldn't) edit, you 
need to either add some Javascript to formulate the query string, or 
edit the form code (making sure that the edited form still has the 
Javascript it needs).  IMO, the latter is easier.

Try this.  Open your advanced search form in a browser; view the 
source code and copy all of it.  Paste it into a new document (one 
that will live on your Innovative server), then replace the entire 
search form in the new document with something along the lines of this:

<form action="#" enctype="multipart/form-data: " name="search" 
id="search" onsubmit="return submitSearch(this, '/search/X', false);">
<div style="display:none;">
<select name="fieldLimit1">
<option value="t:"  selected="selected">Title:</option>
</select>
</div>
<input maxlength="75" size="35" name="searchText1" />
<div style="display:none;">
<select name="b">
<option value="elro" selected="selected">Electronic Resource</option>
</select>
</div>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
<input type="Reset" value="Clear" onClick="iiiDoReset_1();" />
</form>


Bob Duncan


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