Tim
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I've now included the 'subject' field in the search index (hence the reason Search was locked for the last hour or so).
Let me know if you think it's better or worse. Please provide example searches to backup your case either way.
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Robin
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not working for me
and i've refreshed twice
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Paul_J
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in my opinion one of the main downsides of the current search is that you can't list results most recent first.
i.e. you were reading a post the other day, check the site 2 days later and can't see it - so you want to find it. You search for general words that may have appeared and get stuff from 2003 - 2004. I know you can limit it for a week, but still sometimes a lot of posts in a week
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Tim
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quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
not working for me
and i've refreshed twice
What are you searching for? And what do you mean by 'not working'?
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Paul_J
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quote:
Originally posted by Tim
quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
not working for me
and i've refreshed twice
What are you searching for? And what do you mean by 'not working'?
I think he expected to see a field to enter a subject name to search for. I get you though, you've just made it search subject names now as well as content.
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Robin
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yes, thats what i thought you meant
being an idiot 
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Tim
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Registered: 21st Apr 00
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Exactly. It searches a full-text index of both fields...
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
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Nice work - seems ok so far - indexes are a marvellous thing 
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Nismo
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
in my opinion one of the main downsides of the current search is that you can't list results most recent first.
i.e. you were reading a post the other day, check the site 2 days later and can't see it - so you want to find it. You search for general words that may have appeared and get stuff from 2003 - 2004. I know you can limit it for a week, but still sometimes a lot of posts in a week
100% with this.
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
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quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
in my opinion one of the main downsides of the current search is that you can't list results most recent first.
i.e. you were reading a post the other day, check the site 2 days later and can't see it - so you want to find it. You search for general words that may have appeared and get stuff from 2003 - 2004. I know you can limit it for a week, but still sometimes a lot of posts in a week
100% with this.
i agree
i couldnt find a topic i viewed the other day, and when i searched it gave me 2003 results first and i wouldve had to go next 20, next 20 for ages
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Tim
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You could have just said 'last week' rather than from beginning...
It's very difficult to come to a compromise between listing posts by relevance (how well it matches your search terms), and how new it is.
That's why we let you rule out threads older than a specified value.
Any feedback on the new subject inclusion in the search? Is it easier to find matches?
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
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yes much easier - have you take off the 3 character limit too? i searched for astra gsi and it seemed to work
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Tim
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We've just made the minimum 3 characters...
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