Search function questions

[Diane]

I can't seem to search for words of 3 letters or for phrases. Am I doing something wrong? I get the message that words of 3 letters or less can't be searched. It would be very helpful if they could. Right now I am trying to learn about exchange companies other than RCI and using initials, such as DAE, doesn't won't work.


Also, when I search a phrase, the search is done word by word, even when I put quotation marks around the phrase.

Thanks for any help,

Diane

 

[Keitht]

It certainly doesn't seem to be the most sophisticated search engine in the world, but there are some strange anomolies. It will accept a search for RCI or II, but attempt a search on DAE or SXF for example and it returns the error message

"Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.

The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : SFX"

I can only guess that RCI and II have been added to a list of accepted term but others haven't. I know there was a similar query about an inability to search for "One plus One" because all the words were very common. As you say, putting strings in quotes doesn't make any difference.

 

[Makai Guy]

BBS search functions don't actually search the messages themselves, but an INDEX that the bbs creates of the words in the messages. For performance reasons, only words of at least 4 letters are indexed.

Keith guessed correctly, that RCI and II have been added to a list of short words that will be indexed anyway. I've just added DAE and SFX (not SXF) to this list, but I expect it will only index these terms for posts from now on.

 

[Keitht]

I've just added DAE and SFX (not SXF) to this list, but I expect it will only index these terms for posts from now on.

Sorry, dyslexic fingers

 

[intromaster]

If I search for (daytona) ocean walk, it searches for messages with OCEAN and messages with WALK.

Very frustrating to do searches on this board.