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  2. JRASERVER-23235

Escaping special character in simple and advanced search doesn't work

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      Hi,
      According to http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA040/Performing+Text+Searches?clicked=jirahelp#AdvancedSearching%28newdraftfor4.1%29-EscapingSpecialCharacters%3A\ it should be possible to search for a special character using an \ escape prefix. But in reality, it isn't.
      For example, if you are interested in finding issues with [ in the summary, and in the simple search querying for

      /[

      - nothing comes back.
      Switching to advanced search presents you with

      summary ~ "\\["

      and there is no way to edit this query and make it work.
      Using JQL escape syntax doesn't work either:

      summary ~ "\u005b"

      ->broken search

      Thanks
      Lena

      following https://support.atlassian.com/browse/JSP-69132

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            1. Jira Data Center
            2. JRASERVER-23235

            Escaping special character in simple and advanced search doesn't work

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              • 4.0, 5.2.5, 5.2.11, 6.1
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                Hi,
                According to http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA040/Performing+Text+Searches?clicked=jirahelp#AdvancedSearching%28newdraftfor4.1%29-EscapingSpecialCharacters%3A\ it should be possible to search for a special character using an \ escape prefix. But in reality, it isn't.
                For example, if you are interested in finding issues with [ in the summary, and in the simple search querying for

                /[

                - nothing comes back.
                Switching to advanced search presents you with

                summary ~ "\\["

                and there is no way to edit this query and make it work.
                Using JQL escape syntax doesn't work either:

                summary ~ "\u005b"

                ->broken search

                Thanks
                Lena

                following https://support.atlassian.com/browse/JSP-69132

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                        lsheinman Lena Sheinman [Atlassian]
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                            lsheinman Lena Sheinman [Atlassian]
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