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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 04:33 AM
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I search for "LSX", nothing... So I tried it a few more times and nothing. Then I searched for "corvette" and got tons of results as expected. Then I searched for LS1 and I got nothing which seems like a boldface lie, I know I have seen that word somwhere on the forums . All searches were performed on all forums and all text... What gives?
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Originally Posted by Specter
I search for "LSX", nothing... So I tried it a few more times and nothing. Then I searched for "corvette" and got tons of results as expected. Then I searched for LS1 and I got nothing which seems like a boldface lie, I know I have seen that word somwhere on the forums . All searches were performed on all forums and all text... What gives?
I think the search feature works and is indexed on words 4 letters or more.
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I understand the need for indexing the DB, but losing my Z06 search is a killer! Any plans for changing the 4 character minimum search?
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Originally Posted by hwisnik
I understand the need for indexing the DB, but losing my Z06 search is a killer! Any plans for changing the 4 character minimum search?
I doubt it with 7 "the", "but" "any" words in just 2 sentences. The index would be huge and search slower.
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Forget the forum search function. Use Google instead. For example, for your LSX search, enter LSX site:corvetteforum.com. This will return about 784 hits on the term LSX and will limit the search to only corvetteforum.com.
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Going back to google is a real pain and you can't search subforums as far as I'm aware. When was this change made??

This is a major issue IMO.

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We're looking at installing a better search engine. Stay tuned
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Originally Posted by BQuicksilver
This is a major issue IMO.

I miss my morning routine search for "TLH"
There are a few other 3 letter searches I miss as well. This stinks.
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Originally Posted by corvette-pilot

I miss my morning routine search for "TLH"
There are a few other 3 letter searches I miss as well. This stinks.
According to the announcement, I believe they were supposed to have updated the search last evening.
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Originally Posted by 98Pace00Jeep
According to the announcement, I believe they were supposed to have updated the search last evening.
Dam, you're good today ! 2 for 2 solved
(announcement ??)
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Originally Posted by corvette-pilot
Dam, you're good today ! 2 for 2 solved
(announcement ??)
There was an announcement last week about an outage last night. It is gone now.

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Originally Posted by Cars2007
We're looking at installing a better search engine. Stay tuned
good, the current search feature sucks....

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