OpenEuphoria

Re: Forum search

• Posted by Rich <ra at zantra.dk> Mar 07, 2006
• 466 views

D. Newhall wrote:
> 
> Rich wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > I just did a search on a subject in the forum, but find it quite confusing
> > that
> > the posts are not listed in chronological order, but mixed completely at
> > random,
> > e.g. 
> > 
> > # 20 Date: 2005 Jun 29 17:23
> > # 21 Date: 2005 Dec 15 11:50
> > # 22 Date: 2005 Aug 11 21:54
> > # 23 Date: 2006 Jan 7 19:40
> > # 24 Date: 2005 Jul 17 21:07
> > # 25 Date: 2005 Dec 19 20:38
> > 
> > Assuming the data are stored in a linear format, it would even seem
> > illogical
> > code wise to end up with such a result - almost like someone intentionally
> > has
> > designed the code inorder to prevent they're listed in order.
> > Even if the data are not stored linearly, it would be a piece of cake to add
> > a sort routine to fix it.  
> > 
> > So may I ask why it works this way? 
> > 
> > Rich
> 
> The reason is that it shows the most relevant post first. The downside of
> course
> is that what the script determines to be the "most relevant" might be 3 posts
> into a topic. I agree that a chronological sorting option would be a good
> idea.


OK, thanks. But in this case I searched on a single word - does this mean that
it is the number of occurences of that word in a post that determines its
significance?

I agree - as you might expect :) I'd like the option for chronological order
too. I also think it would be a good idea to be abler to simply list all posts
within a date range, e.g. by setting the date parameters without entering any
search criteria. Should be pretty simple too, I assume.

Rich