Less than 4 letter search strings
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Re: Less than 4 letter search strings
Originally Posted by G60ING
Ok, thanks
So we lost the ability to have 2 letter searches, but gained the ability to search for any 3 letter string. I think that's a fair trade as there's only a few 2 letter ones (hopefully).
Originally Posted by VB2NER420
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Re: Less than 4 letter search strings
Most forums will let you search 3 letters by putting a wild card in for the 4th, this forum won't allow it.
What is the harm of allowing 2-3 letter searches anyways. Sure it uses up some bandwidth but what is the harm in it. If someone wants to search for 2-3 letters why not let them??
What is the harm of allowing 2-3 letter searches anyways. Sure it uses up some bandwidth but what is the harm in it. If someone wants to search for 2-3 letters why not let them??
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Re: Less than 4 letter search strings
Most forums will let you search 3 letters by putting a wild card in for the 4th, this forum won't allow it.
What is the harm of allowing 2-3 letter searches anyways. Sure it uses up some bandwidth but what is the harm in it. If someone wants to search for 2-3 letters why not let them??
What is the harm of allowing 2-3 letter searches anyways. Sure it uses up some bandwidth but what is the harm in it. If someone wants to search for 2-3 letters why not let them??
It has nothing to do with bandwidth and everything to do with server load. The searches are by far the biggest contributor to the slowness on the site, decreasing the number of letters allowed greatly increases the server load. That's not even taking into account making the post index in the database bigger.
There's very few legitimate searches for 1-2 letter words so there's no reason to go that low. 3 letters is where it's staying.
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