+SerenityNow Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 It used to be you could just type in the name of a travel bug and every bug with that name would appear. Now it seems when you search by name you get a list of every bug with ANY part of the name you are looking for in its name or TB page write up! Anyone know a simple way to look up a bug by name? I know there may be more than one TB with the same name, but I'm sure the list will be shorter than what I'm getting. So, what am I missing here. I must be doing something wrong. Thanks everybody! Quote Link to comment
+norbu Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 what are the search criteria you are entering? and what is the bug name. Maybe I can help. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 (edited) I see what you mean. Any keyword words are searched in the name, goal, and about this item fields and there are no Boolean search controls. Not only that, a search on the word 'traveling' also pull entries with the word 'travel'! Try it yourself. What do you know about the bug? Perhaps it would be easier to search by the gc cache name where the bug was placed or by the owner name. Edit: typo Edited April 27, 2004 by Elf Danach Quote Link to comment
+SerenityNow Posted April 27, 2004 Author Share Posted April 27, 2004 Well, what we are trying to determine is if there are any other bugs out there with the name we want to give ours, so a general search for that exact name is really what we need. Actually, I'm suprised this hasn't come up before. Seems like it would be a rather common problems. Hey Moderators, any ideas on this?? Quote Link to comment
+brad.32 Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 It has come up before. It has been suggested before that it should be an OPTION to search the other fields, in addition to the name. GC has bigger problems to deal with at the moment, so I don't know when, or if, they will fix this. ... so your question remains: is the search function going to be fixed to allow searches within the name field, and allow the option of searching the other fields? Quote Link to comment
+IV_Warrior Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Simplest was to do what you want is to take just the single most unique word from the name you want to use (assuming it's a phrase or something) and search on just that one word, to narrow the list as much as possible..... Quote Link to comment
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