From 47d135f1233a5b19e3ee4cb3d969dab7516a6267 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: plugz <plugz>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 08:48:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Bugfix for #499 Simple search added, searching in the first
 letter of surnames. Added commentary inside Search.pm for explanations

---
 C4/Search.pm | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/C4/Search.pm b/C4/Search.pm
index d1d29d6c80..718b95730e 100755
--- a/C4/Search.pm
+++ b/C4/Search.pm
@@ -1723,7 +1723,9 @@ Looks up patrons (borrowers) by name.
 
 C<$env> is ignored.
 
-BUGFIX 499: C<$type> is now used to determine
+BUGFIX 499: C<$type> is now used to determine type of search.
+if $type is "simple", search is performed on the first letter of the
+surname only.
 
 C<$searchstring> is a space-separated list of search terms. Each term
 must match the beginning a borrower's surname, first name, or other
-- 
2.39.5