[TYPO3-v4] Improving/changing BE search

[Philipp Gampe]

Hi Dmitry,

Dmitry Dulepov wrote:

> Firsts, it should search uid field using equals operator only if the
> search string is a number. Search any other 'int' fields using "equals"
> search only.
Sounds reasonable.

> Secondly, it should only search tables and fields that are explicitly
> marked as searchable. This would break search for extension tables that
> are not marked as such but it would improve search quality in general. For
> the core, we would mark tables like that in the core, so no functionality
> change here.
Huge +1 :) One will be able to mark field using page TS and/or user TS? I 
would love this.

> Thirdly, field should be able to specify how to search it. For example, it
> could have a collation and case sensitivity options specially for search.
+1 
This would go to TCA I guess?

> Also things like search only from the beginning should be considered.
If I can still configure it to use the "slow" variant with %word%.

> What does the community think? Would that be acceptable enhancement for a
> common use?
Definitely. I opt for testing the changes.

Best regards
-- 
Philipp Gampe