I can confirm it does not.

On Wednesday, 22 June 2016 07:25:27 UTC-5, Anthony wrote:
>
> I don't think the GAE datastore supports text search (you can use 
> .contains on a list:-type field, though).
>
> Anthony
>
> On Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 3:51:44 AM UTC-4, PRACHI VAKHARIA wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *PROBLEM WITH .CONTAINS() ON GAE*
>>
>> The following function does not work on GAE – the line in Red.
>>
>> *MODEL*
>>
>> *htmlDB.define_table('Articles',*
>> *    Field('Title'),*
>> *    Field('HtmlBody', 'text', label="Enter Full Article"),*
>> *    Field('Abstract', 'text', label="Enter Abstract"),*
>> *    Field('Author'),*
>> *    format='%(Title)s'*
>> *    )*
>>
>>
>> *CONTROLLER FUNCTION*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *def HomeList():    if request.args(0):        AuthorQuery = 
>> htmlDB.Articles.Author.contains(request.args(0))        List = 
>> htmlDB(AuthorQuery).select(htmlDB.Articles.ALL, 
>> orderby=~htmlDB.Articles.Dated)    else:        List = htmlDB().select( 
>> htmlDB.Articles.ALL, orderby=~htmlDB.Articles.Dated, limitby=(0, 2) )    
>> return dict(List=List)*
>>
>>
>>
>> For a URL like this
>> *http://........../HomeList.html/AUTHOR NAME*
>> The controller much check if the 'AUTHOR NAME' is in the 
>> *htmlDB.Articles*
>>
>>
>> How to make *.contains()* work on *GAE*?
>>
>>
>> *Please help and guide. Thank you.*
>> — PRACHI —
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> .
>>
>

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