Hit Deity on 12/2/2006 at 04:31
Anyone have any more suggestions? I liked the way it worked before. At least add back in the ability to use commands like AND or OR, or even + and -. Anything to help refine searches is a plus. (No pun intended.;))
ffox on 12/2/2006 at 09:42
Because of (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103880) this thread I've just done an advanced search of Thief Fan Missions for: New FM
Parameters: Search Titles Only /Show Results as Threads.
Result: Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms. :confused:
David on 12/2/2006 at 09:57
The minimum word length is 3 characters and "new" is on MySQL's stop list, which are common words for it not to index.
I am still looking at the other search oddities.
ffox on 12/2/2006 at 10:38
"New FM" (in quotes) doesn't work either. Are words in phrases in quotes subject to the same rules?
David on 12/2/2006 at 10:57
Yes they are.
ffox on 12/2/2006 at 20:59
Bummer - that phrase contains 6 characters! "No matches" is therefore not true. Correct answer should be "Search terms ignored, dumbo!" with a bit of an explanation why.
David on 12/2/2006 at 21:04
The length and list of stopwords are defined by the database software and not the forum software. So not without querying the database for the list of stopwords and minimum search lengths each time - and I don't even know if you can do this.
The database software returns "no matches" for words in the stop list and words below the minimum search length so the forum software is unable to tell the difference.
ffox on 12/2/2006 at 21:30
Thanks for the explanation David. I'm not getting at you! :) Perhaps a one-liner in the FAQs would be a good idea? (Until you persuade the database programmers to elaborate the response.)
ffox on 19/2/2006 at 23:26
That's very good! I didn't know about the "site:" search. Added to list of useful tips - thanks. :)
