old_contents: # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
  ##############################################################################
  #
  #    OpenERP, Open Source Management Solution
  #    Copyright (C) 2004-2010 Tiny SPRL (<http://tiny.be>).
  #
  #    ThinkOpen Solutions Brasil
  #    Copyright (C) Thinkopen Solutions <http://www.tkobr.com>.
  #
  #    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  #    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
  #    published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
  #    License, or (at your option) any later version.
  #
  #    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  #    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  #    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  #    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
  #
  #    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
  #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  #
  ##############################################################################
  
  from openerp import models, fields, api
  
  class ResPartner(models.Model):
      _inherit = 'res.partner'
  
      nickname = fields.Char('Nickname')
  
      @api.multi
      def name_get(self):
          result = []
          for record in self:
              name = record.nickname and "[" + record.nickname +"] " + record.name or record.name
              result.append((record.id, name))
          return result
  
      @api.model
      def name_search(self, name, args=None, operator='ilike', limit=100):
          if not args:
              args.insert(0, ['name', operator, name])
          args.insert(0, ['nickname', operator, name])
          args.insert( 0, '|')
          res = super(ResPartner, self).name_search(name, args=args, operator=operator, limit=limit)
          return res
  
new_contents: # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
  ##############################################################################
  #
  #    OpenERP, Open Source Management Solution
  #    Copyright (C) 2004-2010 Tiny SPRL (<http://tiny.be>).
  #
  #    ThinkOpen Solutions Brasil
  #    Copyright (C) Thinkopen Solutions <http://www.tkobr.com>.
  #
  #    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  #    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
  #    published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
  #    License, or (at your option) any later version.
  #
  #    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  #    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  #    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  #    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
  #
  #    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
  #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  #
  ##############################################################################
  
  from openerp import models, fields, api
  
  
  class ResPartner(models.Model):
      _inherit = 'res.partner'
  
      nickname = fields.Char('Nickname')
  
      @api.multi
      def name_get(self):
          result = []
          for record in self:
              name = record.nickname and "[" + record.nickname + "] " + record.name or record.name
              result.append((record.id, name))
          return result
  
      @api.model
      def name_search(self, name, args=None, operator='ilike', limit=100):
          args = args or []
          recs = self.search(['|', ('name', operator, name), ('nickname', operator, name)] + args, limit=limit)
          return recs.name_get()
  
subject: fix name_search()