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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 3:16 pm    Post subject: Searching * wildcard Reply with quote

I am trying to search the classifieds.

If I type in 113905205AJ I get some results.

If I type in *205AJ* I do not get any results.

I would expect the second search with the wildcards to return all the results of the first search, at least.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 4:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Searching * wildcard Reply with quote

Quite likely the "*" stands for "one or more non-blank characters" or some such. Try leaving the last * off.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 5:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Searching * wildcard Reply with quote

You cannot search using a wildcard at the start, only the end.

Wildcard searching at the start of a word is insanely resource-intensive and had to be turned off almost instantly when the search screen was created years ago.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 6:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Searching * wildcard Reply with quote

That's that then. Thanks.
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