formating the concpet id value to a numeric string

Author: mozzy11

omod/src/main/java/org/openmrs/web/dwr/DWRConceptService.java

@@ -236,7 +236,11 @@ public List<Object> findBatchOfConcepts(String phrase, boolean includeRetired, L
 	 * @param conceptId the id to look for
 	 * @return a {@link ConceptListItem} or null if conceptId is not found
 	 */
-	public ConceptListItem getConcept(Integer conceptId) {
+	public ConceptListItem getConcept(String phrase) {
+		
+		//trimming off unnecesarry characters to remain with a Pure Numeric String that can be converted to ConceptId
+		String numeric_phrase = phrase.replaceAll("Concept #", "").trim();
+		Integer conceptId = Integer.valueOf(numeric_phrase);
 		Locale locale = Context.getLocale();
 		ConceptService cs = Context.getConceptService();
 		Concept c = cs.getConcept(conceptId);

omod/src/main/webapp/tags/conceptField.tag

@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
 
 		<c:if test="${not empty initialValue}">
 			// fetch the concept object they passed the value in of and do the normal "select" stuff
-			DWRConceptService.getConcept("${initialValue}", function(concept) { func${escapedFormFieldId}AutoCompleteOnSelect(concept); });
+			
+			DWRConceptService.getConcept(convert("${initialValue}"), function(concept) { func${escapedFormFieldId}AutoCompleteOnSelect(concept); });
 		</c:if>
 		
 		<c:if test="${not empty showAnswers}">
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@
 		
 	})
 	
+	function convert(conc){
+		return conc.replace(/[^\d.]/g,'');	
+	}
+	
 	function func${escapedFormFieldId}AutoCompleteOnSelect(concept, item) {
 
         var conceptId = concept ? concept.conceptId : null