Still have not figured out how to include a search field that uses a pull down menu in such a way that if the default selection is left in place, the search will not be affected by entries in that field. Can anyone tell me how to set the default to a wildcard? or some other solution?

Thanks.

If the value is "" for the field the search should ignore the field. Here is an example from a search page we use:

<select name="gender" size="1">

<option value="" selected>Both

<option value="m">Male

<option value="f">Female

<option value="">========

</select>

Hope this helps.

Garry

Thanks Garry. That did the trick. Turns out the problem was with a text field variable that set last name to nothing, which of course yielded few results.