topic Re: FindParameters.searchText wild card? in ArcGIS API for Flex Questions

FindParameters.searchText wild card?

PaulSchneider — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:38:30 GMT

I'm having success with the FindParameters class, but am finding a limitation in what I am able to use for the .searchText property.

For instance:
findParams.searchText = "John Smith" //does NOT find a value of 'John A Smith'

Is there a wild card character or operator syntax that I could add that would return a result as such?

Maybe something like...
findParams.searchText = "John%%Smith" or
findParams.searchText = "John AND Smith"

Thanks-

Re: FindParameters.searchText wild card?

SandeepKapadia — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:16:46 GMT

Did you find a solution for your issue? I'm facing similar situation.

Re: FindParameters.searchText wild card?

BjornSvensson — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:21:15 GMT

Is there a wild card character or operator syntax that I could add that would ... Maybe something like...
findParams.searchText = "John%%Smith" or
findParams.searchText = "John AND Smith"

No, "Find" does not support wildcards within search strings like that. You would have to use Query. Though remember that Find works on a MapService and Query on individual layers.

Re: FindParameters.searchText wild card?

SandeepKapadia — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:26:35 GMT

Thank you.

I have a different question, Can I search on different fields in a single query? Meaning, search for field1 = 'Value1', field2 = 'Value2', etc?

findParameters.SearchFields.AddRange( new string[] {field1, field2});
findParameters.SearchText = Value123;

But I need to search multiple values, how can I do that?

Sandeep

Re: FindParameters.searchText wild card?

BjornSvensson — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:17:37 GMT

Can I search on different fields in a single query? Meaning, search for field1 = 'Value1', field2 = 'Value2', etc?
...
But I need to search multiple values, how can I do that?

You can search for the same string in multiple fields using "Find" but I don't think that is what you are aiming for.

To search for multiple strings you either send multiple "Find" requests, or you can send a single "Query" (if it's only on one layer).
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/apiref/com/esri/ags/tasks/supportClasses/Query.html

Re: FindParameters.searchText wild card?

aubinmaynard — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:51:33 GMT

I'm stumbling through learning coding, and need to do such a multiple search. Any chance I can see a complete example of some working code using the query function?

Thanks,

A

You can search for the same string in multiple fields using "Find" but I don't think that is what you are aiming for.

To search for multiple strings you either send multiple "Find" requests, or you can send a single "Query" (if it's only on one layer).
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/apiref/com/esri/ags/tasks/supportClasses/Query.html

Re: FindParameters.searchText wild card?

MichaelVolz — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:31:13 GMT

Does this wildcard limitation still exist with the Find Task?