Ah, I had not realized that the two forms are different.

That explains it.  We're down to an HTML/JavaScript problem.

My advice then to the original person with the problem would be to start
with the replacement form as your search form and then mutate it
step-by-step until it fails to work.  You will then know what change "broke"
it.

Dave.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Malcolm
> Austen
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 4:13 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [htdig] Search Page Oddities
>
>
> On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, David T. Ashley wrote:
>
> + Just to let you know you are not going crazy ...
> +
> + I tried it and had exactly the same outcome.  First try, NO
> RESULTS, second
> + try, RESULTS.
>
> Really? For me it always gives 'no results', however if I use the
> replacement form supplied with the null result then I get hits.  It's the
> web search form that is different, not the search!
>
> My guess, unsubstantiated, is that it's the difference between having the
> search words in 'textarea' and 'input type=text'.
>
> regards,
>       Malcolm.
>
>  [EMAIL PROTECTED]     http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/
>
> + > -----Original Message-----
> + > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> + > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Shawn
> + > Walker
> + > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 8:58 PM
> + > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> + > Subject: [htdig] Search Page Oddities
> + >
> + >
> + > Hello Everyone,
> + >
> + > I have setup htdig at http://search.namac.org/ and htdig seems to be
> + > searching the database fine once a search is tried twice.  On
> the first
> + > try, I get a message saying that no results were found, but
> when I press
> + > search again, I get the actual results.
> + >
> + > Does anyone have any suggestions is clear up this issue.
> + >
> + > Thanks in advance...
> + >
> + > Shawn Walker
> + >
> + >
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