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[Post New]18/08/2009 06:09:49
    Subject: q / name / name_startsWith -- what about name_contains?
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honestbleeps



Joined: 18/08/2009 06:04:53
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I'm new to using this service, and wow is it awesome! I have been unable to figure a couple of things out though...

First of all, the basic search API appears to be an exact name or token match only... for example: search?q=chica does not return Chicago, but it does return "Loma Chica Colonia" and one other result.

Same thing if I use name= ...

It appears that name_startsWith works, even though it's undocumented in the regular search. (I saw it in the geocode specific search, and tried it)... This is great!

However, I really wish I could also search name_contains -- so that a search for "chica" would return "Chicago" and other cities, in addition to the 2 that the current query returns.

Does something like this exist?
[Post New]18/08/2009 23:05:51
    Subject: Re:q / name / name_startsWith -- what about name_contains?
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marc



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I remember we had once discussed a 'name_contains' service, but it has not been implemented.

Marc
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[Post New]19/08/2009 05:41:44
    Subject: Re:q / name / name_startsWith -- what about name_contains?
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honestbleeps



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Well, consider this my vote for name_contains.
 
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