these actually work now

[mir.git] / source / mircoders / search / TopicSearchTerm.java

diff --git a/source/mircoders/search/TopicSearchTerm.java b/source/mircoders/search/TopicSearchTerm.java
index 7f29d72..e5e66e0 100755 (executable)
--- a/source/mircoders/search/TopicSearchTerm.java
+++ b/source/mircoders/search/TopicSearchTerm.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class TopicSearchTerm extends SearchTerm{
   }
   public String makeTerm(HttpServletRequest req){
     String wanted = req.getParameter(paramName);
-    if (wanted != null && wanted != ""){
+    if (wanted != null && !(wanted.equals(""))){
       return matchField + ":" + "\"" + wanted + "\"";
     }
     else {