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awg2 · Post by **awg2** » 19 Apr 2006, 09:50

I've just done a search on 'C5' and it returned nil results.

I previously searched on 'C5 AND lock' which returned the same result as for 'lock'.

I DON'T have this problem with 'Xantia AND lock' or 'xantia'.

Anyone else tried this? I really want to look at C5 search returns.

Maybe short alphanumerics (C5?) get ignored. This could be a problem with the current model range!

mezuk04 · Post by **mezuk04** » 19 Apr 2006, 12:51

It makes a big difference to the amount of posts i get when i do a search.

When you type in the search field select the 2nd dot option underneath and also obviously to search in the Citroen forum at the lower left of the page.

f00lzz · Post by **f00lzz** » 19 Apr 2006, 12:51

Perhaps nothing has been posted about C5 locks

awg2 · Post by **awg2** » 19 Apr 2006, 13:25

I get nothing when I search for C5 and I KNOW there have been posts with C5 in either the title or the text.

f00lzz · Post by **f00lzz** » 19 Apr 2006, 16:09

Oh yeah! I see what you mean.... never an Admin around when you need one

The same thing happens if you only type in 1.9 or 2.1 but if you add td or hdi it works

f00lzz · Post by **f00lzz** » 19 Apr 2006, 16:20

Ahh looks like you have to put in more than 2 digits e.g XM or CX won't work but 2cv will or Ami

AndersDK · Post by **AndersDK** » 19 Apr 2006, 23:33

f00lzz wrote:Ahh looks like you have to put in more than 2 digits e.g XM or CX won't work but 2cv will or Ami

Why would you need an admin ...

f00lzz · Post by **f00lzz** » 20 Apr 2006, 07:03

Help & advice maybe??

awg2 · Post by **awg2** » 20 Apr 2006, 08:55

It does seem a little unfortunate that we cannot search for, say

CX, C5, BX, XM, C4, GS, ID, DS, C6, C8, C2, C3, AX, SM

on a Citroen forum

Fortunately I drive a Xantia

f00lzz · Post by **f00lzz** » 20 Apr 2006, 09:16

Kowalski · Post by **Kowalski** » 20 Apr 2006, 11:31

awg2 wrote:It does seem a little unfortunate that we cannot search for, say

CX, C5, BX, XM, C4, GS, ID, DS, C6, C8, C2, C3, AX, SM

on a Citroen forum

Fortunately I drive a Xantia

So, we'll have to use longer spellings.

From now on when you're on your peasea on the forum, its SeeEcks, SeaFive, BeeEcks, EcksEmm, SeaFour, GeeEss, EyeDee, DeeEss, SeaSix, SeeEight, SeaToo, SeeThree, AyEcks, EssEmm.

mezuk04 · Post by **mezuk04** » 20 Apr 2006, 12:29

A lot of thought and time went into that last post.....thats dedication for you

Sid Boggle · Post by **Sid Boggle** » 20 Apr 2006, 13:30

phpBB.com support wrote:phpBB 2 uses a Fulltext search system, this has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that on large or busy forums it has far less impact on server load than standard search methods as used by many alternative forums (including phpBB 1.x). The disadvantage is that to reduce the size of the database (every post is examined and unique words stored in a table) we have to limit the size and type of words we store. By default words must contain at least three characters but no more than 25, they must be either alpha or combinations of alpha and numerals (numbers alone are not stored). In addition all non-alphanumeric characters are removed, eg. _, +, -, etc. This is standard practice for fulltext search solutions.

f00lzz · Post by **f00lzz** » 20 Apr 2006, 14:30

Now thats what I call 'support' Ok so we sussed it ourselves eventually, but nice to know we have the necessary expertise if we need it