--- ECHO_content/ECHO_helpers.py	2006/02/03 20:41:29	1.71
+++ ECHO_content/ECHO_helpers.py	2006/02/06 11:00:20	1.72
@@ -568,8 +568,7 @@ def getSubCols(self, sortfield=None, sub
                             flag=0
                             for field in searchMD.keys():
                                     #if object.getMDValue(field,generic=generic)==searchMD[field]:
-                                    
-                                    if object.getMDValue(field,generic=generic).find(searchMD[field].decode('utf-8'))>-1:
+                                    if re.match(searchMD[field],object.getMDValue(field,generic=generic)):
                                             flag=1
                                     else:
                                             flag=0