function doSearch ( s , vLang, vDir) {
	var regExp1 = /\bfield\b/i; //used to test for reserved word field in query string
	var regExp2 = /[(,),<,>,\[,\]]/; //used to test for reserved char(s) in the query string
	var str = s.value;
	if ( str == "" ){
		alert("Please be sure to enter something to search for.");
		s.focus();
		return false;
	} else {
		if ( typeof regExp1.source != 'undefined' ) //supports regular expression testing
			if ( regExp1.test( str ) || regExp2.test( str ) ){
					var alrt = "Please note that you can not include:";
					alrt += "\n\nThe reserved word 'field'\nthe characters [, ], (, ), < or >";
					alrt += "\n\nin your search query!\n\nIf you are confident that you know";
					alrt += "\nwhat you are doing, then you can\nmanually produce the URL required."
					alert( alrt );
					s.focus();
					return false;
			}
			document.location.href = vDir+"/searchdb.nsf/search?searchview&l="+vLang+"&query=" + escape( str ) + "&start=1&count=10&SearchFuzzy=TRUE&SearchWV=TRUE";
	}
}