Item2508: No way to escape macros in a query search

As observed in Support.Question354 there is no way to escape a character that participates in a macro for a query search.

There is a trivial fix - use \ as an escape character - but I'm concerned about the knock-on effects. Should I be?

Index: core/lib/Foswiki/Infix/Parser.pm
===================================================================
--- core/lib/Foswiki/Infix/Parser.pm   (revision 5795)
+++ core/lib/Foswiki/Infix/Parser.pm   (working copy)
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@
             elsif ( $$input =~ s/^\s*(['"])(|.*?[^\\])\1// ) {
                 print STDERR "Tok: qs '$1'\n" if MONITOR_PARSER;
                 my $val = $2;
+                $val =~ s/(?<!\\)\\(.)/$1/g;
                 push( @opands,
                     $this->{client_class}
                       ->newLeaf( $val, $Foswiki::Infix::Node::STRING ) );
Index: UnitTestContrib/test/unit/QueryTests.pm
===================================================================
--- UnitTestContrib/test/unit/QueryTests.pm   (revision 5795)
+++ UnitTestContrib/test/unit/QueryTests.pm   (working copy)
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
         { name => "string", title => "String", value => "String" } );
     $meta->putKeyed( 'FIELD',
         { name => "boolean", title => "Boolean", value => "1" } );
+    $meta->putKeyed( 'FIELD',
+        { name => "macro", value => "%RED%" } );
 
     $meta->{_text} = "Green ideas sleep furiously";
 
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@
     $this->check( "text",          "Green ideas sleep furiously" );
     $this->check( "string",        'String' );
     $this->check( "boolean",       1 );
+    $this->check( "macro",         '%RED%' );
 }
 
 sub test_meta_dot {
@@ -188,6 +191,9 @@
     $this->check( "string!='string'",             1 );
     $this->check( "string='string'",              0 );
     $this->check( "string~'string'",              0 );
+    $this->check( "macro='\%RED\%'",              1 );
+    $this->check( "macro~'\%RED?'",               1 );
+    $this->check( "macro~'?RED\%'",               1 );
 }
 
 sub test_num_uops {

-- CrawfordCurrie - 16 Dec 2009

FWIW, I've applied this patch to my server and, in addition to fixing the problem, I haven't (yet) noticed any adverse effects. Thanks!

-- BigBaaadBob - 17 Dec 2009

Committed to trunk.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 17 Dec 2009