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3 character minimum search length?
I just spent half an hour looking for the heat treat specs on D2. Problem is, I couldn't search for D2, since vBulletin requires three characters minimum for a search. Makes it pretty hard to find things on D2, O1, A2, etc.
I'm pretty sure there's a way around this (D2* didn't work) but I can't figure it out. Could someone tell me the trick, or could the minimum search length be made 2 instead? Thanks. |
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I'd like some tips on this too, Jamey. When I was looking for O1 heat treat threads I had the same problem. I had to take the long way around and just read through EVERYTHING that had to do with heat treating and filter through it looking for specific threads/comments about O1. The bad news is it took hours. The good news is that I learned some other stuff along the way too. A client of mine calls it "the dustbunny effect".
-Ben |
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I used the string D2* and got 42 matches. For O1* I got 20 matches.
Are you using the * wildcard in the little drop-down search? If you want to use the asterisk as a wildcard, use the Advanced Search. |
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Thanks Terry. I thought I'd tried that and got no results (from the Advanced Search). I'll try it again.
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Hi Guys.
Sorry I missed this post. Yes, the character minimum is in effect to stop attacks on the script. Definitely use the wildcard system if you need to search for shorter strings. Alex __________________ Alex Whetsell [======]~~~~~~~> Atlantavirtual.com Atlanta NOC |
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Thanks, Alex. I knew there had to be a rationale behind it, I just didn't know what it was. I shoulda known it was just you looking out for us!
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