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 Feb 17 2009, 11:29 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 9-February 09 Member No.: 16,856  |
I ran across a bit of an annoyance. I was trying to search for a 3 character word and was informed that it wasn't allowed, 4 characters were the minimum. So the result was that I couldn't search for all the threads containing "FAQ". (which I thought was a reasonable term to search for)
Any possibility of lowering the minimum to 3 characters instead of 4? |
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Feb 18 2009, 05:41 AM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,871 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
This is a limit of MySQL, not of the forum software.
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Feb 18 2009, 07:42 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 9-February 09 Member No.: 16,856 |
QUOTE (Redjack @ Feb 17 2009, 11:41 PM)  This is a limit of MySQL, not of the forum software. Ah, that makes it a bit more involved having to change the ft_min_word_len could be altered and deleted/created the fulltext indexes. Maybe something to put on the list for the next time a major version upgrade/conversion happens. |
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Feb 18 2009, 05:46 PM
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Technomancer Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,638 Joined: 2-October 02 From: Champaign, IL Member No.: 3,374 |
Unfortunately, since we use a third-party forum package, we don't really get to specify such things. Redjack: Do you know of a suggestion box for the invisionboard software where -Umbrage- could send his idea?
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Feb 19 2009, 02:44 AM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,871 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
It is nothing for Invision to change. As to changing MySQL, I have to vote against that.
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Feb 22 2009, 03:11 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Is there any chance of getting the Search to simply discard (with a little warning) too-short queries instead of throwing up all over itself and making you delete bits by hand?
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