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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ quick tip for searches

Posted by: jkeyzer Nov 9 2004, 08:40 PM

It took me about a year to notice that the default for searches (under Refine Search/Search posts from..) is "Last 30 days". You won't find shiznit searching that way. A lot of the good posts are at least a few months back in the archives. I always set mine to "Any date" and it helps a lot! I wish the default was set to "Any Date", that would be nice... idea.gif

Posted by: Gint Nov 9 2004, 08:48 PM

Searches use a lot of system resources. By leaving up to the user and not defaulting every search to "any date", we minimize that "drag".

Posted by: Rhodes71/914 Nov 10 2004, 12:48 PM

I always use "any date" unless I know what i am looking for was more recent, and I still think the search function doesn't work as well as it should.

Posted by: Jenny Nov 10 2004, 01:01 PM

I found out recently using "and" helps a lot when doing searches. That's my reason for being search-challenged. I always knew about the date option.

The important thing is what we've learned today: It's much easier to post a question redundantly than to search for it in archive. biggrin.gif

Jen

Posted by: jkeyzer Nov 10 2004, 01:09 PM

QUOTE(Jenny @ Nov 10 2004, 11:01 AM)
I found out recently using "and" helps a lot when doing searches. That's my reason for being search-challenged. I always knew about the date option.

The important thing is what we've learned today: It's much easier to post a question redundantly than to search for it in archive. biggrin.gif

Jen

agree.gif Using "and" between search terms helps a lot. I always use it.

Posted by: jkeyzer Nov 10 2004, 01:10 PM

QUOTE(Gint @ Nov 9 2004, 06:48 PM)
Searches use a lot of system resources. By leaving up to the user and not defaulting every search to "any date", we minimize that "drag".

That's what I figured Gint. Too bad it makes people like me do a minimum of two searches every time since I always forget to set the option. confused24.gif

Posted by: anthony Nov 10 2004, 02:03 PM

Is the search function documented somewhere? I never knew you could use boolan operators. Is there any special syntax?

Posted by: Gint Nov 10 2004, 08:30 PM

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anthony   Posted on Nov 10 2004, 01:03 PM


Smack under the "Search Keyword" field:

QUOTE
Simple Search: Enter a keyword or phrase to search by
Advanced Search: Join keywords with AND, OR to help define the search.



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