Fixed BUG-136, now can search with a * or % as wildcards, and fix bug where no search results broke pa

files.py

@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ def GetEntriesInFolderView( OPT, prefix ):
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 def GetEntriesInSearchView( OPT ):
     search_term=OPT.orig_search_term
+    # turn * wildcard into sql wildcard of %
+    search_term=search_term.replace('*', '%' )
     if 'AI:' in OPT.orig_search_term:
         search_term = search_term.replace('AI:','')
     join=f"Entry.query.join(File).join(FaceFileLink).join(Face).join(FaceRefimgLink).join(Refimg).join(PersonRefimgLink).join(Person).filter(Person.tag.ilike('%{search_term}%'))"
@@ -265,6 +267,11 @@ def GetEntriesInSearchView( OPT ):
             if add_it:
                 all_entries.append(a)
 
+    # nothing found, just return now
+    if len(all_entries) == 0:
+        OPT.num_entries = 0
+        return []
+
     # for all searches first_entry is worked out when first_eid not set yet & offset is 0 and we have some entries
     if OPT.first_eid == 0 and OPT.offset == 0 and len(all_entries):
         OPT.first_eid = all_entries[0].id