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Bug 56524 - Unable to use "AND-searches" on the forums
Summary: Unable to use "AND-searches" on the forums
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: High normal
Assignee: Robert Coie (RETIRED)
URL: http://forums.gentoo.org/
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2004-07-09 02:23 UTC by John Herdy
Modified: 2005-06-16 18:48 UTC (History)
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Description John Herdy 2004-07-09 02:23:48 UTC
Search 1: Quick Search: shared, Search found 189 matches
Search 2: Quick Search: storage, Search found 174 matches
Search 3: Quick Search: shared storage, Search found 213 matches
Search 4: Quick Search: shared AND storage, Search found 213 matches

Search 3 used to be an "AND-search" by default, which IMHO is the correct behaviour. Now Search 3 and Search 4 are "OR-searches" which make it more difficult to find the articles you are interested in.

If I go to the "Search Query-page" (http://forums.gentoo.org/search.php) and enter "shared AND storage" and select "Search for any terms or use query as entered" I get "Search found 213 matches".
If I enter "shared storage" and select "Search for all terms" I get again "Search found 213 matches".

Conclusion: no matter how hard you try it's impossible to do an "AND-search". Until recently this always worked fine.
Comment 1 Tom Knight (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-06-16 18:48:25 UTC
The AND search is set as the default, what you're seeing here is the limit of
256 posts returned from the search. If you display results as posts you will see
that there are 256 matches.