+$search_hash{'query'} = $cgi->keywords;
+
+#scalars
+for (qw( agentnum cust_status cust_main_salesnum salesnum custnum magic status
+ reasonnum custom cust_fields pkgbatch zip
+ 477part 477rownum date
+ ))
+{
+ $search_hash{$_} = $cgi->param($_) if length($cgi->param($_));
+ $search_string .= '&'.$_.'='.$cgi->param($_) if length($cgi->param($_));
+}
+
+#arrays
+for my $param (qw( pkgpart classnum refnum towernum )) {
+ $search_hash{$param} = [ $cgi->param($param) ]
+ if grep { $_ eq $param } $cgi->param;
+ $search_string .= '&'.$param.'='.$cgi->param($param) if grep { $_ eq $param } $cgi->param;
+}
+
+#scalars that need to be passed if empty
+for my $param (qw( censustract censustract2 )) {
+ $search_hash{$param} = $cgi->param($param) || ''
+ if grep { $_ eq $param } $cgi->param;
+ $search_string .= '&'.$param.'='.$cgi->param($param) if grep { $_ eq $param } $cgi->param;
+}
+
+#location flags (checkboxes)
+my @loc = grep /^\w+$/, $cgi->param('loc');
+$search_hash{"location_$_"} = 1 foreach @loc;
+$search_string .= '&location_'.$_.'=1' foreach @loc;
+
+my $report_option = $cgi->param('report_option');
+$search_hash{report_option} = $report_option if $report_option;
+$search_string .= '&report_option='.$report_option if $report_option;
+
+for my $param (grep /^report_option_any/, $cgi->param) {
+ $search_hash{$param} = $cgi->param($param);
+}