Hi all,

I'm having some trouble with an XPath query, where I'm searching for users with 
hyphens in their name.

I'm using:
jcr:contains(*/*/*,'query')

And it returns some odd results.

I have two users, Sophie-Allen and Sophie-Anne. When I search for 'sophie', I 
get back users back. Ok, fine, but if I search for 'sophie-a' (with the hyphen 
escaped as 'sophie\-a' as per the JSR-170 Spec) I get zero results returned.  
Oddly, if I search for either 'sophie-allen' or 'sophie-anne' I get the 
respective user details back fine. Shouldn't I get both users back when 
escaping the hyphen? Have I missed something in the spec?

One other odd thing is the addition of an asterisk (*).  Searching for 'soph' 
and 'soph*' return the same result (both users), but if I search for 
'sophie-allen*', I get zero results, unlike when searching for just 
'sophie-allen'. Searching for 'sophie-a*' has the same result as without the 
asterisk, i.e. nothing.

The JSR-170 spec doesn't say anything (that I can find) but is the asterisk a 
wildcard in the jcr:contains function or does it serve some other purpose?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated,

Regards,

Chris Dunstall | Service Support - Applications
Technology Integration/OLE Virtual Team
Division of Information Technology | Charles Sturt University | Bathurst, NSW, 
Australia

Ph: 02 63384818 | Fax: 02 63384181

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