Index: src/gui/qgssearchquerybuilder.cpp
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--- src/gui/qgssearchquerybuilder.cpp	(revision 15154)
+++ src/gui/qgssearchquerybuilder.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -234,7 +234,18 @@
   }
 
   QApplication::restoreOverrideCursor();
-
+  //kCube Start bug #3347 2010/02/11
+   /** The below code has been added to fix the bug #3347 
+   *The below code checks whether the search string has error. If it has it throws a message box
+   *displaying the type of error. 
+   *email :contact [at] kcubeconsulting [Dot] com 
+   */        
+  if ( searchTree->hasError() )
+  {
+    QMessageBox::critical( this, tr( "Error during search" ), searchTree->errorMsg() ); 
+    return -1;
+  }
+  //kCube End bug #3347 
   return count;
 }