Re: and or not ( ) "" in euforum search
Robert Craig wrote:
>
> Pete Stoner wrote:
> > Rubens wrote:
> > snipped
> > > May I suggest a simple improvement to the Euforum search function ?
> > >
> > > Add operators like and, not, or ( ) and " " to the query.
> >
> > I would like to second this request, I know that quotes (" ") are
> > already supported but I am frequently frustrated by the lack of 'and' at > >
> > least. Its difficult to search the forum when one word may produce 1000
> > hits and the addition of second word increases the number of hits,
> > instead of reducing them...
>
> If you follow the "Powered by Euphoria" link, you'll see that
> the scoring system already does "and" (more or less),
> in that messages that match all the search words will
> generally come first, followed by partial matches.
>
> Since this question keeps coming up, I might change it so
> that 100% of the full matches come before any partial matches,
> and I'll tell you at the start how many of each type there are,
> and I'll make a title, or somehow label the partial matches. That way
> people who want "and" can stop reading when they get to the
> partial matches. People who want "or" can keep reading.
> It doesn't take me any more time to generate the extra results.
>
> Personally, I don't recall ever using "not" in a search engine.
> I rarely use any logical connectives on Google.
>
> Regards,
> Rob Craig
> Rapid Deployment Software
> <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>
>
If full matches do not all come first that is the crux of the problem. When
adding more search words continually increases the number of hits, with the risk
that the hit you want could be buried further it can become impossible..
Personally I'd be happy to have *all* the full matches first with a label
seperating them from the partials as an added bonus..
Regards Pete
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