--- ECHO_content/ECHO_helpers.py	2006/02/06 11:00:20	1.72
+++ ECHO_content/ECHO_helpers.py	2006/03/06 14:26:10	1.75
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ def checkOnlyOneInGroup(object):
         else:           return object
 
 
-def getSubCols(self, sortfield=None, subColTypes=displayTypes, sortFieldMD=None,searchMD=None,searchSimple=None,generic="yes",search_sub=0):
+def getSubCols(self, sortfield=None, subColTypes=displayTypes, sortFieldMD=None,searchMD=None,searchMD_modus='search',searchSimple=None,generic="yes",search_sub=0):
         
         def sort(x,y):
                 return cmp(x[0],y[0])
@@ -568,7 +568,12 @@ def getSubCols(self, sortfield=None, sub
                             flag=0
                             for field in searchMD.keys():
                                     #if object.getMDValue(field,generic=generic)==searchMD[field]:
-                                    if re.match(searchMD[field],object.getMDValue(field,generic=generic)):
+                                    #if re.match(searchMD[field],object.getMDValue(field,generic=generic)):
+                                    if searchMD_modus=='match':
+                                        searchResult=re.match(searchMD[field],object.getMDValue(field,generic=generic))
+                                    else:
+                                        searchResult=re.search(searchMD[field],object.getMDValue(field,generic=generic))
+                                    if searchResult:
                                             flag=1
                                     else:
                                             flag=0
@@ -908,7 +913,10 @@ def writeMetadata(url,metadict,project=N
                                 metanode.removeChild(nodeOld[0]).unlink()
 
                 metanodeneu=dom.createElement(metaData)
-                metanodetext=dom.createTextNode(metadict[metaData].decode('utf-8'))
+		try:
+	                metanodetext=dom.createTextNode(metadict[metaData])
+		except:
+	                metanodetext=dom.createTextNode(metadict[metaData].decode('utf-8'))
                 #try:
                         #metanodetext=dom.createTextNode(unicode(metadict[metaData],"utf-8"))
                 #except: