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Why can't we search on <3 characters? - Cloud9...68 - 03-26-2011
is there a specific reason we can't include terms with less than three characters when doing a search? I've recently tried searching with terms that included things like "CV" and "HP", and my searches got rejected for violating the <3 character rule. Scratching my head as to the logic of this rule. Thanks.
Why can't we search on <3 characters? - flash - 03-26-2011
the search engine gets really clogged up with a setting of less than 3 characters - this is not recommended per the people who wrote the software
sorry
Why can't we search on <3 characters? - tamathumper - 03-26-2011
Can we at least limit search flood delay to 10 seconds?
Why can't we search on <3 characters? - flash - 03-26-2011
that's where it is already
Why can't we search on <3 characters? - tamathumper - 03-26-2011
It says 20 seconds...
Why can't we search on <3 characters? - flash - 03-26-2011
hmmm - odd - i checked the setting, and it's set at 10 - that must be a default response or something
Why can't we search on <3 characters? - tamathumper - 03-26-2011
No worries. I'll just stop making stupid first searches and trying to follow up with more reasonable terms quickly thereafter.
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IP.Board will hopefully catch up with the times regarding indexing - two-letter and even one-letter words don't represent much of a load to a properly-indexed database. But until then, we're all limited to the features and functions available - none of us are about to go off and try to write a forum software on our own! ![[Image: wink.gif]](http://www.968forums.com/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
With that being said, I'm paying two people to travel across the U.S. this week, and $175/hr. each for about three days to troubleshoot a database that is, most likely, improperly indexed... So much for my opinion.
Why can't we search on <3 characters? - DaveN - 03-27-2011
Ah indexing. I remember my first spanning tree algorithm - in 78! Those were the days <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/biggrin.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />
Why can't we search on <3 characters? - flash - 03-27-2011
yeah - the problem is he search engine traffic - every time somebody hits "view new posts" it uses the search engine - allowing 2 character entries causes a lot more longer searches - if we had unlimited bandwidth and storage space, we could do more, but it would be really expensive - we are already way beyond our allotted storage space, but because we limit the bandwidth usage, they are letting us stay where we are