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As the minimal search string = 4 letters, i understand why but it also rules out unique 3 letter searches, like Goa, Psy, BT ( know not 3), etc..
running a 3 letter search for a unique string like goa is ok, its when the is searched, and it all goes to hell. firstly blocking common 3 letter words such 'the / and / him / she', can compile a list easily and then having searches like this queued. if someone wants a 3 letter search while the HDD is loaded, then queue it, when the HDD is under less stress, the search term can be searched and the results PM'd somehow.
depends if u wana program that amount. i think 'BT' is the only 2 letter term i can think of.
Maybe if it's too hard to filter out the generic <4 letter words, we could do it by white list. There aren't too many <4 letter words that we "really" need anyway. As we need more, we could probably update the white list easily.
Oh and let the white listed words have the same priority as regular search queries.
BT is the only 2 letter word you could think of searching? how about DJ? or TT (common abbreviation for turntable). or CD. those all get missed.
The problem with searching is that it takes a tremendous amount of processing to do, especially if words like "the" are searched on. it's not the length of the word, but the frequency of it. The best way to get around this is to have a list of unsearchable terms.
This is what we do, if you search for a common word, then you get this message:
Ignored Terms:
The following terms are ignored by search. This is done to provide both faster search results and more relevant results.
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, $, about, after, all, also, an, and, another, any, are, as, at, be, because, been, before, being, between, both, but, by, came, can, come, could, did, do, each, for, from, get, got, has, had, he, have, her, here, him, himself, his, how, if, in, into, is, it, like, make, many, me, might, more, most, much, must, my, never, now, of, on, only, or, other, our, out, over, said, same, see, should, since, some, still, such, take, than, that, the, their, them, then, there, these, they, this, those, through, to, too, under, up, very, was, way, we, well, were, what, where, which, while, who, with, would, you, your
our servers are searching 3GB sql server databases, and the results usually come back in less than 5 seconds.
The search just hunts out strings doesn't it, not just whole words. So a search for BT would also bring up any thread with the words
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Not to mention net abbreviations like "abt".
So the search would have to be modified so it would only search for full words on words less than 3 characters, but also taking into account if you type in multiple words some being more than 3 characters and some being less.
Big job I would've thought....
edit: wot johnsmith said
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| Originally posted by Spad The search just hunts out strings doesn't it, not just whole words. So a search for BT would also bring up any thread with the words Not to mention net abbreviations like "abt". |
i think its more than do able whats been said here.
Uhm.. all of the following terms are NOT indexed... as for 3 letter searches being a reality - not any time soon.
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I think you should include "lol", "ffs", "stfu", etc, as they are frequently used... if this decreases the load on the server at all.
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| Originally posted by BigDil I think you should include "lol", "ffs", "stfu", etc, as they are frequently used... if this decreases the load on the server at all. |
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| Originally posted by Coup lmfao, rofl, lmao, haha, hehe, w00t, woot, woohoo, erm.. |
How about Pvd, van or Dyk? It's impossible to search for threads about him.
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| Originally posted by Coup lmfao, rofl, lmao, haha, hehe, w00t, woot, woohoo, erm.. |
Searching on TA is far worse than looking for a needle in a haystack 
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| Originally posted by jploveparade Searching on TA is far worse than looking for a needle in a haystack |
Just tried serching for 'key matching' untill I realized the search button doesn't work here 
you can search for goa with goa* isn't it?
i heartily endorse this
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