[Koha] Koha: staff client searching by card number

[Chris Nighswonger]

 On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Apr 6, 2011, at 4:07 PM, Chris Nighswonger wrote:
> > Perhaps a simple radio button setup with "exact" and "like" options in
> the patron search interface would allow both types of searches without the
> inconvenience of having to select one *or* the other via a syspref.
>
> Indeed.  But I'm going to play the devil's advocate for a moment: is
> providing such an option something that would be of real use, or would it be
> UI noise?
>

Yes. Or at least the functional equivalent. Most searches I've seen
elsewhere at least have an "advanced" option which includes the ability to
do both an exact search and a "contains" search.

I would further postulate that libraries with thousands of patrons might
appreciate the option to do both without having to go through the multi-step
process of changing a syspref.

Noise is acceptable so long as it does not raise the overall noise floor...
;-)
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