backported metakit searching by ID fix from HEAD

Author: Richard Jones

CHANGES.txt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ are given with the most recent entry first.
 - revert StringHTMLProperty to not hyperlink text by default
 - fixes to CGI form handling
 - fix unlink bug in metakit backend
+- fixed metakit searching by ID
 
 
 2003-01-10 0.5.4

roundup/backends/back_metakit.py

@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ def ff(row, crit=orcriteria):
         if regexes:
             def ff(row, r=regexes):
                 for propname, regex in r.items():
-                    val = getattr(row, propname)
+                    val = str(getattr(row, propname))
                     if not regex.search(val):
                         return 0
                 return 1