[mythtv-users] Search string question

[Andrew Robinson]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 10/28/2007 02:23 PM, Andrew Robinson wrote:
>> When I set up a custom search in MythWeb, how do I tell Myth that the 
>> string I specify is the complete string? The example I'm running into is 
>> this. I set a custom search for "Nova" on any channel. What I am looking 
>> for is the program Nova on PBS. However, I am also getting "Bose 
>> Innovations" and "Hoover Innovations" on some shopping channel. How do I 
>> tell Myth that the string specified is the entire string and not just 
>> part of the string?
> 
> ^ER$
> 
> or
> 
> ^er$
> 
> to find the show ER and not "Betty Crocker Cookbook Special"...
> 

On second look, that didn't work. Any modification to the string "Nova" 
and not only are the "Hoover Innovations" episodes removed from the 
schedule, but so are the episodes of Nova. I doing this from MythWeb. 
Does that make a difference?

Thanks.

Andrew