gnatsweb/306: Gnatsweb fails to handle pipe symbols in query results

[yngve . svendsen]

>Number:         306
>Category:       gnatsweb
>Synopsis:       Gnatsweb fails to handle pipe symbols in query results
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Dec 01 17:42:09 -0500 2001
>Originator:     address@hidden (Yngve Svendsen)
>Release:        4.0 beta 3
>Organization:

>Environment:

>Description:
Gnatsweb uses a format string that separates fields with pipe symbols (|) when 
performing queries. This messes up the query results display badly when pipe 
symbols are present in field contents.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
See if GNATS qfmt accepts non-printable characters, if so use one. If not, use 
a more exotic field separator than '|'.
>Unformatted: