Search Function

92318is · #1 (**permalink**) 02-12-2008, 06:31 AM

Has anyone else been having problems with the search function not working? At first I thought I was looking up too specific of keywords, but I even tried just m3 and e36 and was told there were no matches...

Miss325 · #2 (**permalink**) 02-12-2008, 08:00 PM

Just try opening the page again, or right click and say open in new window... It happened to me the other day, but in a new window it worked

92318is · #3 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 06:19 AM

I tried that already, it just keeps on telling me there are no matches. I guess its just my isp or something.

itsabimmerthing · #4 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 06:22 PM

Are the e36 and m3 maybe just too short to match? Thats odd, I would imagine that should work.
EDIT doesnt work for me either, there is something wrong because old stuff I used to search for doesnt even work now.

92318is · #5 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 09:09 PM

It just started working for me today, I dunno what's going on...

James · #6 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 07:41 PM

3 letters or less won't work. If you are looking for a specific thread on DTM Power and need to use a 3 letter keyword, you can use Google and search within the DTMPower.net domain.

As far as the search function not working for 4+ letter keywords, I'll see what's the deal and let you guys know.

92318is · #7 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 03:49 AM

Oh, ok, that makes sense. When I just looked up "m3" it couldn't find anything, but when I looked up "euro m3" it found a lot of posts.

James · #8 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by 92318is

Oh, ok, that makes sense. When I just looked up "m3" it couldn't find anything, but when I looked up "euro m3" it found a lot of posts.

Yeah that is a restriction of Vbulletin and most other forum software as searching for shorter keywords puts serious load on the database.