Problem with searches

[ComputerGeek]

I am getting this message when I try to search the fourms, (index post,postdelta: syntax error, unexpected $end near '') . I think it has something to do with ("), my search was {2.5" drive}.

Also is there some way we could get digits in searches, I can't do a search for "nexus 7" without it only searching for "Nexus" and pulling up all the devices, likewise I can't search for "2.5 drive" without it omitting the "2.5" and just searching for drive.

 

[ComputerGeek]

Does anyone know what's happening? Is it something with " ?

 

[FrgMstr]

We are looking into this.

 

[Dreamerbydesign]

This has been a problem for years on most messageboard software out of the box. It can be changed, and the behaviors can be limited. But it isn't as easy as just changing a few lines of code.

 

[DeathPrincess]

Work around is to search google with:

site:hardforum.com nexus 7

 

[ComputerGeek]

Work around is to search google with:

site:hardforum.com nexus 7

But that only searches things that are indexed, a lot of hardforum isn't indexed on google, right? Or is all of Hardforum indexed?

It is a interesting and somewhat workaround nonetheless.

 

[DeathPrincess]

But that only searches things that are indexed, a lot of hardforum isn't indexed on google, right? Or is all of Hardforum indexed?

It is a interesting and somewhat workaround nonetheless.

Only stuff that isn't is Genmay and very recent stuff. Google spiders are pretty fast.

 

[AnthonyG]

I am getting this message when I try to search the fourms, (index post,postdelta: syntax error, unexpected $end near '') . I think it has something to do with ("), my search was {2.5" drive}.

Also is there some way we could get digits in searches, I can't do a search for "nexus 7" without it only searching for "Nexus" and pulling up all the devices, likewise I can't search for "2.5 drive" without it omitting the "2.5" and just searching for drive.

There's always an implicit AND operator, that means "2.5 drive" query actually means 2.5 & drive, you can't put a single quote in the search query, this is a design flaw not of vbulletin or sphinx, but of the coding used to intertwine the two, so that the searching is removed from the DB which is a really slow process.

The digit isnt actually the issue, its actually omitting the period, nor would it pull up a single digit, as its under the search length terms.

Sorry, but the error isnt going to be fixed, do not place single quotes in your query string.

This has been a problem for years on most messageboard software out of the box. It can be changed, and the behaviors can be limited. But it isn't as easy as just changing a few lines of code.

Sorry, but that is not a problem with the message board software, this site doesnt use vb's built in search, this is also not a problem with vbulletins search either.