[Koha-bugs] [Bug 32578] New: Wildcard searches do not work with asterisk

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=32578

            Bug ID: 32578
           Summary: Wildcard searches do not work with asterisk
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           Product: Koha
           Version: 22.05
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: Searching
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: estherm at sodaspringsid.com
        QA Contact: testopia at bugs.koha-community.org

This bug is split off from bug 32491 and this is what I reported there:

Prior to our upgrade to 22.05, we could do searches like 2913*3456 and have it
return results. After the upgrade this no longer works.

The % wildcard appears to work in the search example above. However the % as a
wildcard is odd when compared with how other search indexes work. Most major
search engines use either an asterisk or a question mark. The same is true with
searching indexes at Ancestry or Family Search. The asterisk replaces multiple
characters and the question mark replaces a single character. Most of our staff
is accustomed to using an asterisk and trying to adapt to a different
nomenclature and keyboard position has proven difficult.

Since the asterisk worked prior to 22.05, it would be nice to return that
functionality.

Also Lucas Gass reported:

This also effects wildcard searches. Previously you could search for a
cardnumber like '2913*' and that would return all patrons with cardnumbers
starting with '2913'. Now it tries searching for the exact match '2352*' and
returns nothing.

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