From 99dd68e75dfadb7e2e4c17067ef095b368b3f686 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AntonBrodin <antonbrodin@hotmail.se>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 14:55:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Bugfix: Search crashes webpart when its empty

When you type something in the search bar, search and get your result then erase and press enter it will crash the webpart.
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 .../components/PeopleDirectory/PeopleDirectory.tsx              | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/solution/src/webparts/peopleDirectory/components/PeopleDirectory/PeopleDirectory.tsx b/solution/src/webparts/peopleDirectory/components/PeopleDirectory/PeopleDirectory.tsx
index ee0af7c8..1fd49b11 100644
--- a/solution/src/webparts/peopleDirectory/components/PeopleDirectory/PeopleDirectory.tsx
+++ b/solution/src/webparts/peopleDirectory/components/PeopleDirectory/PeopleDirectory.tsx
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class PeopleDirectory extends React.Component<IPeopleDirectoryProps, IPeo
     // if no search query has been specified, retrieve people whose last name begins with the
     // specified letter. if a search query has been specified, escape any ' (single quotes)
     // by replacing them with two '' (single quotes). Without this, the search query would fail
-    const query: string = searchQuery === null ? `LastName:${index}*` : searchQuery.replace(/'/g, `''`);
+    const query: string = searchQuery === null || searchQuery.length <= 0 ? `LastName:${index}*` : searchQuery.replace(/'/g, `''`);
 
     // retrieve information about people using SharePoint People Search
     // sort results ascending by the last name