Search changes to the forums

[Deebs]

I have changed the way that VBulletin indexes the posts for searching.

From now on VB will use MySQL4's fulltext indexing function instead of creating its own one in PHP.

Changes:

Search panel is different.
Creating/editing posts should be quicker.
Searching should be very fast.

Any probs please respond here.

Ta

 

[~YuckFou~]

I can't find it.

 

[dysfunction]

Originally posted by ~YuckFou~
I can't find it.

You might have to use some tweezers and a magnifying glass then

 

[Lester]

This is unrelated and probably been fixed already but fook it.... When I search, for say the word "willy"*, it shows the thread from whence it came but not the actual post, which in huge threads is a real pain. Am I doing something wrong?




*The word "willy" has been used for illustrative purposes only.

 

[Deebs]

Near the bottom of the search pane is a radio button, show as threads or show as posts.

Select show as posts.

 

[dysfunction]

Originally posted by DBs
Near the bottom of the search pane is a radio button, show as threads or show as posts.

Select show as posts.

What would be nice is if the word was highlighted in the post that it occurs in...

 

[Summo]

Good work, DBs!

And Lester, you're a blind spaz.

 

[(Shovel)]

I figured I'd test it for searching for "short" strings, as the old search caused much grief with it's 4 letter minimum.

I searched for "XP" in the Tech forum, and got:

"Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms."

Surely some mistake?

 

[Deebs]

Originally posted by (Shovel)
I figured I'd test it for searching for "short" strings, as the old search caused much grief with it's 4 letter minimum.

I searched for "XP" in the Tech forum, and got:

"Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms."

Surely some mistake?

MySQL fulltext indexing will not index words under 3 chars without changes. Guess what, I have not implemented those changes

 

[Wij]

fs

 

[(Shovel)]

Originally posted by DBs
MySQL fulltext indexing will not index words under 3 chars without changes. Guess what, I have not implemented those changes

Ahhh, well I'm glad that it is "supposed" to do that at least and it isn't some uber bug that I accidently uncovered.

And 3 letters is at least an improvement.

Might I suggest that until a modification is make for smaller searches (if that is ever going to happen) that some kind of feedback comes up to tell people that they can't do searches that small?

 

[Lester]

Well to save time can someone tell me where the willy* threads are?




*word used for illustrative purposes only*












*it's actually cock.

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

Originally posted by Lester
Well to save time can someone tell me where the willy* threads are?

*word used for illustrative purposes only*


*it's actually cock.

http://forums.barrysworld.com/searc...d=130742&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending

Ho Ho Ho

I'm wasted here.

 

[Summo]

Please specify some words or valid user names to search on. There were no matches for those that you specified.

You're just a waste.

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

That as well.