Search Problems.....
Search Problems.....
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Dan_1981

Original Poster:

18,098 posts

228 months

Friday 5th March 2010
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I know you're working on overhauling the search etc etc and this in't the usual problem I don't think.

Is there a minimum string length for a search?

I was looking for a particular thread that I knew had been posted in GG.

It was this thread - http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0... a Car

I knew it has been posted this year and knew it was about cleaning a car - I also knew it had some waxes mentioned in it to reccomend.

So I used the advanced search function - put in wax, selected general gassing and the last three months.... and got no results???

I eventually found the thread searching for "polish"

So how come it works for one word but not for others?

Cheers

Dan

Mr Will

13,719 posts

235 months

Friday 5th March 2010
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I've had a quick look and it seems that the new search box will only search for terms containing 4 or more characters, rather than the 3 or more it should be doing.

I'll have a look and see if we can get this changed.