Hi

Is it possible to create a search field that can search multiple columns.

As an example, a search that will look through all of the phone numbers in the "phone" ,"fax", and "mobile" columns of the res.partner.address object?

I know how to add a new search field to a view. I assume I will need to write a new function/method but I don't understand how I would link the new function and a search field.

Thanks in advance
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In OpenERP, there is no direct way to search on multiple fields with one selection or text filed on list view.
But you can make a solution by creating an function field, it should contain merged text of those three fields and use this field for searching.

Check this: http://www.nan-tic.com/en/blog in this entry post: KooRunner: Koo's full text search with desktop integration.

Koo is another client for Openerp, with a great function: search in all data base with full_text_search module.

This module can help you. Another way: create a new python module.

Regards.