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SpankMe
29th April 2006, 20:37
I have set minimum word length to 3 (was 4)

and you can now also use boolean full-text searches.

<UL><LI><SPAN class="time">apple banana</SPAN><BR />Find posts that contain at least one of the two words.<BR /><BR /></LI><LI><SPAN class="time">+apple +juice</SPAN><BR />Find posts that contain both words.<BR /><BR /></LI><LI><SPAN class="time">+apple macintosh</SPAN><BR />Find posts that contain the word &ldquo;apple&rdquo;, but rank posts higher if they also contain &ldquo;macintosh&rdquo;.<BR /><BR /></LI><LI><SPAN class="time">+apple -macintosh</SPAN><BR />Find posts that contain the word &ldquo;apple&rdquo; but not &ldquo;macintosh&rdquo;.<BR /><BR /></LI><LI><SPAN class="time">+apple ~macintosh</SPAN><BR />Find posts that contain the word &ldquo;apple&rdquo;, but if the row also contains the word &ldquo;macintosh&rdquo;, rate it lower than if post does not. This is &ldquo;softer&rdquo; than a search for <SPAN class="time">+apple -macintosh</SPAN>, for which the presence of &ldquo;macintosh&rdquo; causes the post not to be returned at all.<BR /><BR /></LI><LI><SPAN class="time">+apple +(&gt;turnover &lt;strudel)</SPAN><BR />Find posts that contain the words &ldquo;apple&rdquo; and &ldquo;turnover&rdquo;, or &ldquo;apple&rdquo; and &ldquo;strudel&rdquo; (in any order), but rank &ldquo;apple turnover&rdquo; higher than &ldquo;apple strudel&rdquo;.<BR /><BR /></LI><LI><SPAN class="time">apple*</SPAN><BR />Find posts that contain words such as &ldquo;apple&rdquo;, &ldquo;apples&rdquo;, &ldquo;applesauce&rdquo;, or &ldquo;applet&rdquo;.<BR /><BR /></LI><LI><SPAN class="time">"some words"</SPAN><BR />Find posts that contain the exact phrase &ldquo;some words&rdquo; (for example, posts that contain &ldquo;some words of wisdom&rdquo; but not &ldquo;some noise words&rdquo;). Note that the &lsquo; <SPAN class="time">"</SPAN>&rsquo; characters that enclose the phrase are operator characters that delimit the phrase.<BR /><BR /></LI></UL>

T.I.E
29th April 2006, 20:52
think ya bloody clever.
well ya are.

cheers fella

hXc
29th April 2006, 20:56
Good stuff mate. Keep it up. I don't know what we'd all do without you.

JimO
29th April 2006, 21:09
why is docyor evil standing by your bike:nya: :nya:

Gremlin
29th April 2006, 21:11
farken hell, thats one nice search function now... cheers

Colapop
29th April 2006, 21:52
I can't find my mojo - can you help me with that?

The site work is bloody marvellous though.

skelstar
29th April 2006, 21:56
Good stuff. I know a few retail folk that would find the TLA-able search very useful.

Mental Trousers
29th April 2006, 22:00
Sweet as

MidnightMike
29th April 2006, 22:02
God dammit spank, your a clever bugger :rockon:

Hey it confuses me but it sounds coo :D

MidnightMike
29th April 2006, 22:07
why is docyor evil standing by your bike:nya: :nya:

Its part of one of his new evil plans. :blip:

ManDownUnder
3rd August 2007, 12:52
The inability to search PD is a pain. Threads I want to reference from time to time are in PD. Threads that had value but went off topic get chhucked into PD - but the stuff that had value is now unsearchable.

(or am I wrong?)

Maybe a separate search specifically on PD is warranted? I understand there is a need to avoid bringing crap back to life and I'm happy for it to stay dead... but the valuable stuff in there is gone forever too.

Today is another time where I'm seeking legal advice placed by Grub (in this instance) and I can't find it. It's unclear of my search criteria are bad or if it's in PD. I have my money on PD though as there are some pretty obvious key words I'm searching on.