Title: Problems with the Search Function
Last modified: February 4, 2018

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# Problems with the Search Function

 *  Resolved [supernova42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supernova42/)
 * (@supernova42)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-the-search-function/)
 * I’m using the shortcode [pdb_list search=”true” sort=”true” list_limit=”-1″] 
   to view my Database from the front end. One of the field names is called Status
   with 2 options of ‘ACTIVE’ or ‘INACTIVE’. I can select Status from the drop-down
   box ok and when I enter ‘INACTIVE’ in the Search box it lists all the INACTIVE
   records. However when I enter ACTIVE in the Search box I get a list of ACTIVE
   and INACTIVE records. Is there a way where I can get the Search function to search
   for the exact phrase in the Search box.

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 *  Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-the-search-function/#post-9936614)
 * You can get around this, but using values like this for checkboxes can present
   problems because of the possibility of ambiguity. You may find it easier to just
   set up your field with the name “Active” and then give it a simple yes,no value
   or even 1,0
 * The Multisearch settings include a “Whole Word Match Only” option that will prevent
   the word “active” from matching “inactive”.
 *  Thread Starter [supernova42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supernova42/)
 * (@supernova42)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-the-search-function/#post-9945498)
 * Thank you

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-the-search-function/#post-9945498)
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