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Customizing the Search functions

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Users for one client would like to be able to search 'St.' and have the results for 'Saint' appear and vis-a-versa.

Would I need to add this logic on the table level or is there a pattern for altering search results. 


Essentially 'St.' should return results that being with 'Saint' while searching for 'Saint' should bring up the contacts whose record begins with 'St.'.

Trying to assess how much of a customization this kind of thing is. There may be other special search cases to add but for now the St.\Saint is the only one on the list. 

Thanks all, 

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    Suresh Kulla Profile Picture
    50,243 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    You cannot modify the standard search behavior, you need to build a new page for contact search and add the above functionality or any custom functionality. I don't think it is a big customization, you need to create a new page with search text box and an action to search which includes the above custom logic and standard filter criteria.

    msdn.microsoft.com/.../hh879066(v=nav.90).aspx

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