':' search Bug?

Can anyone speak to whether something like
http://www.ruby-forum.com/search?query=%3A
results in an application error?

=josephholsten

Joseph Holsten wrote:

Can anyone speak to whether something like
Search results for '' - Ruby-Forum
results in an application error?

Yes. I get an application error at that url and the following in one of
my applications.

Ferret::QueryParser::QueryParseException in EventsController#search

Error occured in src/q_parser.y:279 - yyerror
couldn’t parse query ``:‘’. Error message was syntax error

Ray