Forum search issue - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

nzer · 01-02-2013, 08:01 AM

I must be dong something wrong as I cannot seem to find anything searching. The only other thread I could find on this was regarding tapatalk but I am using a web browser.

For example I wanted to find any info on JVC audio head units.

If I search for JVC using a simple search and select either threads or posts I get nothing.

But I happened to find this thread by browsing
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24405

I even after finding this thread searched for JVC? Since that was in the title but still no luck.

Am I doing something wrong?

.

Calum · 01-13-2013, 08:39 PM

No, actually it's the search function. Only words of four letters or more can be searched for. And this is why I came to this subforum.

MOD's, is there any chance to include three letter words in the search function, PLEASE! Today I wanted to search for TIC, RCE, AST, and LCA, but I couldn't. This forum has done a lot to be THE place to go for all reliable info for the twins, but with so many three letter acronyms it's very hard to find a large percentage of the info on here.

Thanks

Asphalt~86 · 01-13-2013, 08:41 PM

CircuitJerk · 01-13-2013, 08:50 PM

I could be wrong and its been a while since I've had to get creative on a forum search, but there has to be some limitations when it comes to search parameters.
When you lower a parameter like that it can be a detriment to database performance as it invariably increases the amount of results.
That said, what if you try a search using the acronym in the context of a sentence to include a few words as well?

Calum · 01-13-2013, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CircuitJerk

I could be wrong and its been a while since I've had to get creative on a forum search, but there has to be some limitations when it comes to search parameters.
When you lower a parameter like that it can be a detriment to database performance as it invariably increases the amount of results.
That said, what if you try a search using the acronym in the context of a sentence to include a few words as well?

It still ignores all words under four letters. I can imagine how it would slow things down, but I don't know by how much and what all would be effected.

CircuitJerk · 01-13-2013, 10:46 PM

Well that sucks. But my comment about performance is when doing a query, the chances for a 3 letter combination being found are higher than a 4 letter combo being found. There's a certain amount of overhead involved when you start allowing that much data to be indexed or searched against.
I'm no database expert and I don't know vBulletin's search engine so, take it with a grain of salt...

Superhatch · 06-26-2013, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nzer

Am I doing something wrong?

Another good way to search is to use Google to search the site:

site:ft86club.com search rce

^entering that into google will get you a search for all the threads with "rce" (Racecomp Engineering) in it and will link to the start of the thread.

site:ft86club.com intext:"rce"

^Entering that will search all text in all posts for "rce" and will take you to the start of the tread as well.

01-02-2013, 08:01 AM	#1
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CircuitJerk Pull my finger... Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: Silver Scion Slushbox Location: Illinois Posts: 996 Thanks: 476 Thanked 367 Times in 226 Posts Mentioned: 26 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I could be wrong and its been a while since I've had to get creative on a forum search, but there has to be some limitations when it comes to search parameters. When you lower a parameter like that it can be a detriment to database performance as it invariably increases the amount of results. That said, what if you try a search using the acronym in the context of a sentence to include a few words as well?

01-13-2013, 10:46 PM	#6
CircuitJerk Pull my finger... Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: Silver Scion Slushbox Location: Illinois Posts: 996 Thanks: 476 Thanked 367 Times in 226 Posts Mentioned: 26 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Well that sucks. But my comment about performance is when doing a query, the chances for a 3 letter combination being found are higher than a 4 letter combo being found. There's a certain amount of overhead involved when you start allowing that much data to be indexed or searched against. I'm no database expert and I don't know vBulletin's search engine so, take it with a grain of salt...

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