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PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2014 7:13 am    Post subject: Search function Reply with quote

Why when I type in a single word in classified search does it bring up not only what I typed in, but also other ads that do not have the word I typed in Anywhere in their title,description,or in other ads that the poster has?
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PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2014 9:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What words are you typing in and what are you selecting from the search screen boxes?
Please provide an example.

The default search at
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/search.php
searches only the title.

Example:
Enter barndoor in the Find box.
Nothing else is changed from the defaults.
Press Search
Only ads with barndoor in the title are returned

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PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2014 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A common search for me is "sea blue" (I need a decklid). What search pulls is any word with S-E-A in a string- so it naturally brings up 'seats' that are also described as blue. Perhaps your simple word is alphabetically contained in another?
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PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2014 11:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hitest wrote:
A common search for me is "sea blue" (I need a decklid). What search pulls is any word with S-E-A in a string- so it naturally brings up 'seats' that are also described as blue. Perhaps your simple word is alphabetically contained in another?


Yes, this is true as well.

If you search on tin you can see this in action - it pulls up a lot of "weird" stuff but you will see the letters tin in the title.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 8:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hitest wrote:
A common search for me is "sea blue" (I need a decklid). What search pulls is any word with S-E-A in a string- so it naturally brings up 'seats' that are also described as blue. Perhaps your simple word is alphabetically contained in another?



Yep, this is exactly what was happening
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