Search query too short?

Kevinlane · #1 03-28-2003, 10:32 AM

Hi Paul, I wanted to do a search on DIs and the search engine wouldn't let me, even if I typed "tube DI comparrison", it would still give me the message that the search term "DI" was too short?
Don't know if this is a bug or what, but I wanted to find posts on DIs, and nothing came up when trying"direct input"
Is it a bug or what?

**HeavyDuty** · #2 03-29-2003, 09:18 AM

I'm not Paul, nor do I play him on TV, but I do recall something about the shorter the allowed query, the larger the system resources required. I think he set it at three characters as a compromise.

I think there's a thread out there - dod a search on "search" and "limit", maybe.

**paul** · #3 04-01-2003, 10:12 AM

One post is sufficient, Kevinlane...

The database must build an index of all words to be searched. Including two-letter words would expand the database to a gigantic size, and increase server loads to search through it. I'm sorry -

Paul

Bruce Lindfield · #4 04-01-2003, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kevinlane
but I wanted to find posts on DIs, and nothing came up when trying"direct input"

Shouldn't that be "direct inject" ?

Kevinlane · #5 04-01-2003, 10:37 AM

thanks, I've found quite a bit under "direct box"
I guess I thought the that it might be case sensative, or the inclusion of other terms would have the limit taken care of(I geuss if I did a quotes then it would have fsearched for the exact phrase.

So OK no more attempts to search for two letter words

Thanks again

Bruce Lindfield · #6 04-01-2003, 10:38 AM

"Direct Inject" brings up a few threads...