[OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison.LIKE doesn't filter special characters!

[Matt Priour]

'.' is a special character and will need to be escaped, However, '-' is 
not a special character and should work just fine.
Matt Priour

On 1/2/2013 10:22 AM, Diego M. wrote:
> it seems like OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison.LIKE doesn't filter special
> characters!
> for example,
>
> filter = new OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison({
>      type: OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison.LIKE,
>      property: 'name',
> 	value: 'blue'
>      })
>
> this will work fine. but:
>
> filter = new OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison({
>      type: OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison.LIKE,
>      property: 'name',
> 	value: 'light-blue'
>      })
>
> this will cause an error because of the -
> it also can't deal with dots
>
> what can I do to fix that ?
>
>
>
>
>
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