Request to add a new operator to the DataSource

[martintaal]

Hi, we use some backend filters and now we want to move them to the client due to a big performance issue we are facing.

When filtering strings in backend, spaces are replaced by % in the resultant ilike expression. For example if filter is "jo sm" the query will be "ilike '%jo%sm%'", so "John Smith" would be found. When filtering in client Smartclient doesn't do this conversion.

We attach a patch we have developed to get this. Could you please include it (or something similar) in the 9.1d?

Thanks in advance.

[Blama]

Did you already try
ListGridField.setFilterOperator (http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/....OperatorId%29)
or
ListGridField.setOptionTextMatchStyle (http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/...tMatchStyle%29)?

[Isomorphic]

Sorry, we definitely don't think this behavior you want makes sense as a new framework operator.

You can get this behavior a number of ways without a patch:

1. Use the (recently added) matchesPattern operator

2. Combine multiple operators

3. Use addSearchOperator to add your own operator without patching the framework