Anyone else having a problem with the forum search?

[LilJon533i]

I've been trying to use the forum search and it has not been turning over any results whatsoever. I've even searched something as common as "533"... and nothing. Anyone else having this problem?

[Shawn D.]

Lots of folks have the problem, but lots of folks don't. Three-character searches aren't going to give you anything. How 'bout giving us an example of what you were actually trying to search for, and then I'll show you how I'd do it.

[LilJon533i]

Well I've searched for "air flow meter", "cruise control". They both also came up with no results. As if the system isn't working properly... I haven't gotten any results for any searches lately.

[Shawn D.]

Sorry, but every time someone says they get "no results," I have a hard time believing it. Using the "Search for any terms or use query as entered" option, I get:

4061 results for "air flow meter" and 106 for "+air +flow +meter"

2944 results for "cruise control" and 310 for "+cruise +control"

So, as to why you got none, I have to say

[C.R. Krieger]

Sorry, but every time someone says they get "no results," I have a hard time believing it. Using the "Search for any terms or use query as entered" option, I get:

4061 results for "air flow meter" and 106 for "+air +flow +meter"

2944 results for "cruise control" and 310 for "+cruise +control"

So, as to why you got none, I have to say

Maybe he's putting them in quotes, as in a Google search?

[Mark 88/M5 Houston]

From the phpBB Userguide

http://www.phpbb.com/support/documentation/2.0/

4.5: Searching
phpBB 2.0 has a search system that will allow you to find topics you are interested in. To get to the search page, click the small Search link at the top of any page.

4.5.1: Search Query
Search for Keywords - You may search for words in the content of topics. Enter the words to search for into the text field.
If you select Search for any terms or use query as entered, then topic containing ANY of the words you entered will be displayed. You may use the AND, OR, and NOT operators to indicate which words you want to search for. Use AND to indicate that multiple words MUST be found. Use OR to indicate that a word is optional/alternate. Use NOT to indicate that a word should not be present in the topics displayed.
If you select Search for all terms, only topics containing all of the words in the query will be displayed. Selecting this option has effects comparable to using Search for any terms or use query as entered, with the AND operator between each term.
You may use the asterisk(*) wildcard character to broaden your search. The asterisk will match any number of characters. So *cheese* will match cheese, cheesewheel, wheelcheese, or wheelcheesewheel. Likewise cheese*fudge will match cheesefudge, cheeseyfudge, or cheese597fudge.
To increase the speed and decrease the overhead of the search utility, only words may be searched for. Phrases (such as "cheese wheel") may not be searched for, except by their component words. The minimum size for words is four characters, and the maximum size is twenty characters. Any non-alphanumeric character (e.g. white space and punctuation) is a word boundary.
Search for Author - You may search for posts by post author. Simply enter the author's username into this text field. You may use the asterisk(*) wildcard in author's names to broaden your search. Again, the asterisk will match any number of characters.
4.5.2: Search Options
Forum - Select the forum you wish to search in, or All available. To search multiple forums, search by Category.
Category - Select the category you wish to search in, or All available.
Display Results as Posts - Search results will be displayed as a list of the posts. Part of the post that matches the query will be displayed, and the search terms highlighted. For each post there is a ling
Display Results as Topics - Search results will be displayed as a list of Topic titles. For each topic there is a link to the forum it is in, the topic itself, and the author of the topic.
Search Previous - This dropdown box will allow you to specify the maximum age of posts to display as results of the search. There are also radio buttons here that will allow you to search only the body of posts, or the subject(title) of the posts as well.
Sort by - This will allow you to specify how search results are organized. You may sort by Post Time, Post Subject, Topic Title, Author, or Forum. The sort may be in ascending or descending order alphabetically (or chronologically where appropriate)
Return first - When Display Results as is set to Posts, this dropdown box will allow you to control how much of the post is displayed in the search result.

All this was just a few mouse clicks away by first clicking on the phpBB in the "Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group" at the bottom of the page.

[Jeremy]

Well I've searched for "air flow meter", "cruise control". They both also came up with no results. As if the system isn't working properly... I haven't gotten any results for any searches lately.

I just tried both those search terms (no quotes, nothing special) and got results for both.

Check your settings on the lower half of the search box, make sure things are set properly there.

I'd also suggest clearing your browser cache and possibly even deleting cookies, it sounds like a problem on your end. What browser are you using and are you running the most recent version?

Jeremy

[Azure]

You can also go to google search and put in:

site:www.mye28.com air flow meter

or

site:www.mye28.com cruise control


It won't net near as many results, but it's quick and you might find what you're looking for.