Forum Search Problem

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spikey
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Forum Search Problem

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So it says on the search page:
Place + in front of a word which must be found and - in front of a word which must not be found.
So I should be able to query -Done or -[Done] to get a list of only outstanding bugs in one of the subgroups.. But when I do I get:
Search found 0 matches: -Done

Searched query: -Done
Am I doing something wrong? If so, what? Or can anyone else confirm?
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Re: Forum Search Problem

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You can not even find the opposite. If I search for `Done` in all forums and in topic titles only, I get no results. Even if I try `[Done]` it does not find anything.

But this is a know limitation of the phpbb board search. In the background it creates an index with all the possible tokens and words that can be found in a text or title. And for some reason it also skips a lot of these words.

Therefore it is easier to just use Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3A ... ish+"[Done]"
The english grammar is freeware, you can use it freely - But it's not Open Source, i.e. you can not change it or publish it in altered way.
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Re: Forum Search Problem

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That would explain it - thanks!
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