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please remove that 4 min characters limit in the search because it makes it almost impossible to p.e. search for file extensions thread. i can't search for xml or ogg or whatever cause it wont let me.
i guess making the minimun limit to 3 wouldnt hurt the server that much and sure would make the life easier to those that use this forum

The minimum length for keywords/phrases is 4 characters, or 3 if you're only searching in subjects.

cookie posted a post with "tips on searching". tried "xml " ? (with quotes)

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Originally posted by VuDu
please remove that 4 min characters limit in the search because it makes it almost impossible to p.e. search for file extensions thread. i can't search for xml or ogg or whatever cause it wont let me.
i guess making the minimun limit to 3 wouldnt hurt the server that much and sure would make the life easier to those that use this forum

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Already asked many times before. The limit is there for server load issues. The limit is also not a big problem at all as there are many alternative things you can do...


Moral: you should have searched first before posting this request/comment, as this was handled/answered before (see below)

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Originally posted by Millenium_edition
cookie posted a post with "tips on searching". tried "xml " ? (with quotes)

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CookieRevised's reply to Search: Under four character limit.

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Ppl always asking questions that have been asked!
[split] use the search feature!

ok thanks,
but im still laughing from the "xml " trick... lol. that made me realise that the searching for «xml» will work as «*xml*», i'm not used to that comparing to the all other forums i go to.
i'm not saying its wrong, i'm just saying i didn't thought it worked that way, since it's not explicit nowhere in the search page.

still thanks for the help.

Well, if you have a sentence like:

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I will try that in xml.

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It won't work with "xml ". But then try "xml " " xml", which is more efficient.

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Originally posted by VuDu
but im still laughing from the "xml " trick... lol. that made me realise that the searching for «xml» will work as «*xml*», i'm not used to that comparing to the all other forums i go to.
i'm not saying its wrong, i'm just saying i didn't thought it worked that way, since it's not explicit nowhere in the search page.

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Almost all forums have the exact same searchengine! They all work the same; If no other options are available or specified then it is always «*xml*» that is going to be searched...

In fact, everywhere you search in Windows, it uses the same non-word search unless you specifically enable the "words only" option if available.

In other words, there is nothing "strange" about it, it is the standard way used everywhere...

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Originally posted by KeyStorm
Well, if you have a sentence like:

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I will try that in xml.

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It won't work with "xml ". But then try "xml " " xml", which is more efficient.

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No, not on forums.

When you search for two words, it uses the AND operator, not the OR operator.

Searching for: "xml " " xml" means that the text should contain and "xml " and " xml".

see CookieRevised's reply to Search: Under four character limit.

Someone gotta halfstick that

I noticed it did AND, but whatever, search both strings separately and you might find some more results.

Only that I didn't bother saying that. I feel sooo damn lazy today...

i stil think it should change to 3... letters.. without doing all those extra steps..

I added a tip to the error message, that tells you about adding spaces to your keywords.