Search function not working???

[Chad556]

Does the search function not work in this forum?

[TSR2]

It works, but its not brilliant.

[Airspeed]

Might depend on what you're searching for, Mr/Ms Chad!
I usually get a bunch of suggestions when I put in a search.
I just tried "naked ladies", just for a laugh, fully expecting zero found, but it gave me 9 matches.
EDIT: Conclusion: It works.

[Chad556]

I wonder if it's an issue with chrome then. No matter what words or terms I put in the search box, I get zero results. Very odd.

[TSR2]

If you can give us an example we can try in other browsers for you.

[Chad556]

Try doing a search for hs-438. I get no results despite there being a plethora of topics on it. Even a simple search of 748 yields no results. P3D zero results. However... P3Dv brings up numerous matches. The algorithm in the search engine doesn't seem to be working correctly.

[GHD]

Search for "HS*438". The minus sign means HS without 438. The asterisk means any character(s) between HS and 438:



Hmm, it also fround HS748

[Chad556]

This doesn't explain why searching p3d yields nothing, but p3dv does. Also, simply typing 748 yields nothing. Does the query need to be at least 4 characters?

[TSR2]

You can't search on just number. I typed in HS748 (it rarely had the hyphen) and got 1100+ hits.

Your absolutely correct on the 3 characters though, to index to 3 characters would be a significant overhead on performance, so 4 is the minimum if memory serves.

[AllanL]

Glad to see Mike has his finger on the pulse (?) of the mindset of forum participants, even those of us of an age when finding naked ladies - or remembering to even look for them - is any guarantee of anything working........