Is it just me or is the search feature on vB 3.5 absolutly rubbish?

I can't work out how to search for two words in a thread, tried all the usual suspects such as clientexec paypal, +clientexec +paypal, clientexec AND paypal but none of them seem to work, just returning threads that contain one word or the other?

May be just me missing something obvious?

Thanks.

Put it in quotes.

"clientexec paypal"

I'd expect that to find the exact phrase, which wasn't really what I wanted, besides, it doesnt anyway, it still just finds either word in a topic.

Ahh..at a closer glance I see this search doesn't have an option for including all the words you specify in the results returned. Was this disabled?

As far as I am concerned at this point in time, WHT has been downgraded.

hrmmm scratches head as confused to whats going on
http://webhostingtalk.com/search.php?searchid=48472

I have to agree the search feature is not as good as it used to be.

yep
I agree the search really needs to be fixed
I can't find anything any more

vB search v.3.+ has always been garbage. I've resorted to searching databases directly through phpMyAdmin when I want to pull info out of my own boards. vB really need to work on this feature...

Shame, search is an important tool on a site like this. Would sooner have a working search feature like we had than the pointless gimiky AJAX stuff :(.

Search didn't die because of AJAX. It never worked particularly well on the 3.x pre-AJAX versions either. Search is bad because...it's just bad.

Yeah don't get me wrong, not blaming AJAX, just thinking that theres no real benefit to vB3.x over 2.x which had a working search :(.

If you want both words in the search use the + sign.

IE If you want to find threads with both "dedicated" and "cheap" you would use the format: +dedicated +cheap

If you want both words in the search use the + sign.

IE If you want to find threads with both "dedicated" and "cheap" you would use the format: +dedicated +cheap

maybe it would be a good way to work, but it doesn't work
try "+hello +john"
the second thread has no "hello", just "john"

a recent post i have made is not even showing up in the search...

If you want both words in the search use the + sign.

IE If you want to find threads with both "dedicated" and "cheap" you would use the format: +dedicated +cheap


tried all the usual suspects such as clientexec paypal, +clientexec +paypal, clientexec AND paypal but none of them seem to work, just returning threads that contain one word or the other?

As you can see, I already tried that.

Never mind multiple words. It doesn't even work for single words. For instance, I sign all my posts with Vito. Well, doing a search for Vito will yield some results, but many threads/posts are missed.

I do have to agree that the current search function really sucks. And as stated, given how valuable and frequently used that function is in this particular place, it's a real shame.

Vito

I am able to find what I am looking for the same as before, but then I may have simpler searches ;)

I am able to find what I am looking for the same as before, but then I may have simpler searches ;)

and more pages to look at

Never mind multiple words. It doesn't even work for single words. For instance, I sign all my posts with Vito. Well, doing a search for Vito will yield some results, but many threads/posts are missed.

I do have to agree that the current search function really sucks. And as stated, given how valuable and frequently used that function is in this particular place, it's a real shame.

Vito


Yes....I dont like the search feature now. Just when we think everyone actually uses the feature, now its become abit more complicated.

Yes....I dont like the search feature now.Agreed. I don't think I can even recommend it to users anymore. :(

I am able to find what I am looking for the same as before, but then I may have simpler searches ;)

Try searching for a hyphenated word, such as a hyphenated company name. You can't do it. Well, you can search, but you can't get relevant results.

Lois

Try searching for a hyphenated word, such as a hyphenated company name. You can't do it. Well, you can search, but you can't get relevant results.

Lois

Weird thing is that it works fine on every other 3.5 forum - FU, IWDN, and my personal one. Seems WHT is having a lot of problems with it - probably since there is a lot to search from.

Have you guys emptied and rebuilt the search indexes?

Try searching for a hyphenated word, such as a hyphenated company name. You can't do it. Well, you can search, but you can't get relevant results.

Lois
Hyphenated words haven't worked since 2003. If the relevant part was before the -, you were in luck.