search issue

[bada_bing]

I have found myself trying to search for mods/hacks here and I always get an error stating that my search word is to short for example if I search for "pm full hack" because PM is only 2 characters I cant search on this. Cant we limit the search down to two characters so we dont have this issue?

[Paul M]

This has been covered before - the answer is No. The minimum is 4 characters and will remain so.

[Princeton]

MySQL fulltext limitation (4 character minimum)

did you try 'Private Message"?

ok, btw, pm full hack relate to what?!

would be good to know what you're searching for with better keywords...

[ChU v2]

Use google.
Ex.

vbulletin.org: pm full hack

[bada_bing]

Originally Posted by Princeton

MySQL fulltext limitation (4 character minimum)

did you try 'Private Message"?

Princeton thanks for the detailed information... I run VB and I have no issues running searches with a min 3 character set after a slight modification in mysql database.

I will ssearch for Private Message rather then PM problem is that some hack titles are labled as "PM"

[Brad]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

Princeton thanks for the detailed information... I run VB and I have no issues running searches with a min 3 character set after a slight modification in mysql database.

I will ssearch for Private Message rather then PM problem is that some hack titles are labled as "PM"

You realize that setting the FULLTEXT limits to 3 characters or more is just as server intensive as not using FULLTEXT at all right?

"Private message" usually always works because it's mentioned in the thread more often then not.