--- loncom/interface/lonsearchcat.pm	2001/03/22 13:40:07	1.68
+++ loncom/interface/lonsearchcat.pm	2001/03/22 14:00:55	1.69
@@ -792,6 +792,8 @@ sub build_custommetadata_query {
 			  -build => 'Text::Query::BuildAdvancedString');
     $q->prepare($logic_statement);
     my $matchexp=${$q}{'-parse'}{'-build'}{'matchstring'};
+    # quick fix to change literal into xml tag-matching
+    s/\(\?\:([^\)]*)\\\=([^\)]*)\)/\(\?\:\<$1\>\[\^\\\<\]\*$2\[\^\\\<\]\*\<\/$1\>)/g;
     return $matchexp;
 }
 
@@ -1014,6 +1016,7 @@ sub make_persistent {
 	if (/^form\./ && !/submit/) {
 	    my $name=$_;
 	    my $key=$name;
+	    $ENV{$key}=~s/\'//g; # do not mess with html field syntax
 	    $name=~s/^form\.//;
 	    $persistent.=<<END;
 <input type='hidden' name='$name' value='$ENV{$key}' />