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Winnie requested to merge (removed):search-helper-escape-regexp into master Sep 07, 2016

What does this MR do?

Use Regexp.escape to escape the search terms before passing them to Regexp.new.

Why was this MR needed?

evaluated regular expressions in search terms lead to unexpected result
unbalanced parentheses in search term lead to server error

What are the relevant issue numbers?

fixes #14360 (closed)