Minimum search term length

Now that we got rid of

"............... 10 char"
:D

(Thank you BTW)

Is there anything we can do about removing the minimum length of search terms?

I'm searching the classifieds for "38 revolver" and "38" gets dropped because it is too short. I get a dozen pages littered with "revolver" - 22, 44, 357, etc. with the occasional lucky hit of a 38.

Just asking....

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Originally Posted by daschnoz

Now that we got rid of

"............... 10 char"
:D

(Thank you BTW)

Is there anything we can do about removing the minimum length of search terms?

I'm searching the classifieds for "38 revolver" and "38" gets dropped because it is too short. I get a dozen pages littered with "revolver" - 22, 44, 357, etc. with the occasional lucky hit of a 38.

Just asking....

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I second this.. Trying to look up "H&R" is fruitless because of that. ...and that is pretty much the only thing I look for in the Classifieds.

I agree that this is maddening. However, according to the documentation the size of the database is in part related to this parameter. I worry that reducing to something like 2 characters could cause the size of the DB to grow immensely.

I'll confer with Dan on this one. In the meantime, I've found the site's Google Search to be decent in situations where the VB search tool falls on its face.