--- cdli/cdli_files.py	2010/03/19 14:01:41	1.115
+++ cdli/cdli_files.py	2010/03/23 16:20:40	1.116
@@ -888,8 +888,9 @@ class CDLIRoot(Folder):
 
 
 
-    def searchText(self, query, index='graphemes'):
-        """searches query in the fulltext index and returns a list of file ids/P-numbers"""
+    def searchText(self, query, index='graphemes', resultFilter=None):
+        """searches query in the fulltext index and returns a list of file IDs/P-numbers
+           resultFilter is matched against the beginning of the file ID"""
         # see also: http://www.plope.com/Books/2_7Edition/SearchingZCatalog.stx#2-13
         logging.debug("searchtext for '%s' in index %s"%(query,index))
         #import Products.ZCTextIndex.QueryParser
@@ -899,8 +900,11 @@ class CDLIRoot(Folder):
         idx = getattr(self, self.file_catalog)
         # do search
         resultset = idx.search(query_request=idxQuery,sort_index='textid')
-        # put only the P-Number in the result 
-        results = [res.getId[:7] for res in resultset]
+        # put only the P-Number in the result
+        if resultFilter is None:
+            results = [res.getId[:7] for res in resultset]
+        else:
+            results = [res.getId[:7] for res in resultset if res.getId.startswith(resultFilter)]
         logging.debug("searchtext: found %d texts"%len(results))
         return results