[mythtv-users] problem trying to make a People Search rule

[Mike Perkins]

On 20/09/15 00:08, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> On Saturday, September 19, 2015 05:16:14 PM Doug Lytle wrote:
>> Kirk Bocek wrote:
>>> Did you try adding wildcards (%)?
>>
>> I can confirm what Kirk suggested and that trying %Gulager did work in
>> my tests.
>
> Yes. I just changed it to %Gulager% and it schedules now.
>
> Question is, why not as a bare word?
>
> I've had that rule for years, if only I had known.
>
Becasue a bare word is used as an exact string seach. If he is down as 'Gulager' 
then it would find him. That string won't match 'Clu Gulager' though.

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Mike Perkins