[Koha-bugs] [Bug 20723] New: Author links containing hyphen do not return results.

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20723

            Bug ID: 20723
           Summary: Author links containing hyphen do not return results.
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           Product: Koha
           Version: 17.11
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: Searching
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: barton at bywatersolutions.com
        QA Contact: testopia at bugs.koha-community.org

Created attachment 75144
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Marc data known to illustrate the problem.

A keyword search for Gene Porter Stratton generates author links of the form

{STAFF
URL}/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl?q=au:%22Stratton-Porter,%20Gene,%22

This link will return no results.

If I replace the hyphen with %20 (i.e. a URL encoded space), the search works:

{STAFF
URL}/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl?q=au:%22Stratton%20Porter,%20Gene,%22

To replicate:

Do a keyword search for an author with a hyphenated name (I've attached a marc
record that has Gene Porter-Stratton for convenience).

On the results list page or the detail page, click on the link with the
author's name, e.g.

    By: Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924.

The results will look like this:

    No results found
    No results match your search for 'au:"Stratton-Porter, Gene,"' in 
    Some Library

Back up to the previous page. Copy the link url into a text editor. Change the
dash to a hyphen. Note that the search succeeds.

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