Re: [Archetypes-users] Searching on a field in a custom content type

[Vincent Fretin <vincent.fretin@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:10 AM, audleman <kevin.audleman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I am struggling with searching on a custom content type. I could use some
> help understanding how to search on, let's say, first name. My SpeakerSchema
> has that field defined as:
>
> atapi.StringField('first_name',
>        schemata='default',
>        searchable=True,
>        required=True,
>        languageIndependent=True,
>        widget = atapi.StringWidget(
>            label=_(u'First Name'),
>            description = _(u''),
>            ),
>        storage = atapi.AnnotationStorage(),
>        ),
>
> I have tried several things, including searching on the getFirst_name
> function:
>
>    self.catalog = getToolByName(context, 'portal_catalog')
>    self.catalog.searchResults({'portal_type' :'Speaker', 'getFirst_name' :
> 'Kevin'})
>
> ...searching on the field name itself
>
>    self.catalog = getToolByName(context, 'portal_catalog')
>    self.catalog.searchResults({'portal_type':'Speaker',
> 'first_name':'Kevin'})
>
> In both cases the query returns all Speaker objects, totally ignoring the
> extra search parameter.
>
> Any suggestions?

You need a getFirst_name index too.
A getFirst_name should exist in portal_catalog.

In profiles/default/catalog.xml, you should have something like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<object name="portal_catalog" meta_type="Plone Catalog Tool">
  <index name="getFirst_name"
         meta_type="FieldIndex">
    <indexed_attr value="getFirst_name"/>
  </index>
</object>

ArchGenXML takes care of generating all this code for you.

-- 
Vincent Fretin

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