Hello,
I just want to show how to create a better filter. You only have to add a little bit more code and the filter will work more specify.
assets/grocery_crud/themes/flexigrid/views/list_template.php
Line: 127 to 153
<div class="sDiv quickSearchBox" id='quickSearchBox' >
		<div class="sDiv2" style="width: 80%;">
            <?php echo $this->l('list_search');?>:
            <select name="search_field" id="search_field">
				<option value=""><?php echo $this->l('list_search_all');?></option>
				<?php foreach($columns as $column){?>
				<option value="<?php echo $column->field_name?>"><?php echo $column->display_as?>  </option>
				<?php }?>
			</select>
            <select name="wildcard" id="wildcard">
                <option value="equal">equal</option>
                <option value="not_equal">does not equal</option>
				<option value="begin">begins with</option>
				<option value="end">ends with</option>
				<option value="contain">contain</option>
				<option value="not_contain">does not contain</option>
			</select>
			 <input type="text" class="qsbsearch_fieldox search_text" name="search_text" size="30" id='search_text'>
			
            <input type="button" value="<?php echo $this->l('list_search');?>" class="crud_search" id='crud_search'>
		</div>
        <div class='search-div-clear-button'>
            
        	<input type="button" value="<?php echo $this->l('list_clear_filtering');?>" id='search_clear' class="search_clear">
        </div>
</div>
On the first picture you can see the few options.
[attachment=880:Options.jpg]
Now edit the file Grocery_CRUD.php.
Start at line 593.
application/libaries/Grocery_CRUD.php
				elseif(isset($this->relation_n_n[$state_info->search->field]))
				{
					$escaped_text = $this->basic_model->escape_str($state_info->search->text);
					$this->having($state_info->search->field." LIKE '%".$escaped_text."%'");
				}
				else
				{
				$wildcard = $_POST['wildcard'];
                                if($wildcard == "equal")
                                {
					$this->like($state_info->search->field , $state_info->search->text , 'none');
                                }
                                elseif($wildcard == "not_equal")
                                {
					$this->where($state_info->search->field.' !=', $state_info->search->text);
                                }
                                elseif($wildcard == "begin")
                                {
					$this->like($state_info->search->field , $state_info->search->text , 'after');
                                }
                                elseif($wildcard == "end")
                                {
					$this->like($state_info->search->field , $state_info->search->text , 'before');
                                }
                                elseif($wildcard == "contain")
                                {
					$this->like($state_info->search->field , $state_info->search->text);
                                }
                                elseif($wildcard == "not_contain")
                                {
					$this->where($state_info->search->field.' not like ', "%".$state_info->search->text."%");
                                }
				}
Thats all.
I wrote this because I didn't found something like this.
It isn't very much but I hope someone of you could use it for his own table. And I hope it will help somebody of you.

 
                                