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Posts: 440
Joined: Feb. 23 2005
From: La Jolla, Ca
Why does 'Search' not work for ANYTH...
What is it about the 'search' feature here? Why is it useless????
I find some item, use 'search' to find more (using an 'open' search or more refined, change the spelling, etc., just in case), and even AFTER finding a topic/material on my own, it ALWAYS comes back:
"No record matches the search criteria"
EVEN WHEN I JUST FOUND SOMETHING WITH THAT KEYWORD!!!
Arghhhhhhhhh!
Example: I just found a tab of Moraito. I used search to find more...
Posts: 440
Joined: Feb. 23 2005
From: La Jolla, Ca
RE: Why does 'Search' not work for A... (in reply to Ramón)
I am a webwriter, so I get this stuff...Tried different parameters, times, etc. Also tried this in Explorer AND Netscape....Same results. Tweaked the searches here and there, the wording, spelling....nothing...ALWAYS comes back "no results"
Posts: 786
Joined: Jul. 8 2003
From: San Francisco Bay Area
RE: Why does 'Search' not work for A... (in reply to Escribano)
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>What is it about the 'search' feature here? Why is it useless????
I just searched on "moraito tab" and got back 14 records. Hardly useless.
Simon;
I cannot find much using the search feature at least I cannot use it to find much that I am looking for. Could it be that we do not know how to use it properly and what the limitations are? I guess we expect a search engine like "Google".
Example:
Kate created a thread = “Paco Peña’s Week” Apr. 16, 2006 at 12:29:21 PM
I tried the default settings of the Search form and entered: 1. Paco 2. Paco Pena 3. Paco Peña’s Week
I then increased the Time Filter from the default “Within One Month” to three months, six months and then one year.
Not until I used Paco and one year did I have success. And then only records were displayed which were originally created last year. What am I doing wrong?
RE: Why does 'Search' not work for A... (in reply to Ramón)
Hm, I opened 2 threads in the upload section the contain the word "basic" in their titles. When I search in the text body I get some results. When I search in the subject none, and if I let it search subject AND body also nothing!
RE: Why does 'Search' not work for A... (in reply to Thomas Whiteley)
Guys I get the same 14 as Simon. I thought possibly there could be a keyboard/coding issue as I have had mixed results in Spain and in the UK - or so I have thought.
So I did some tests. Can someone try them and see if they get anything different:
Search term = Paco tab Search in Forum: Search All Forums Search only: Topics and Replies By Author: blank Time filter: within 1 year Search terms: single byte Return Top: “50” results that match: “all words” minimum rank:”10/1000”
Changing ‘Search terms found in’ I get
Subject : 4 Body : 14 Subject or Body : 12
Seems a bit strange
Anyone get anything different? If so what is the language settings and O/S of your PC? Mine's XP with UK settings. I expect this is a red herring but just in case.
PS Tom beat me to it and I didn't notice, too busy searching
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