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03-11-2004, 12:29
OK, perhaps I'm having a brain dead approach to the search function, but I can't really seem to get much use out of it. No matter how I word my searches, using the AND, OR, and all that happy stuff, I inevitably end up with so many hundreds of "hits" that I could easily spend several hours trying to find what I am looking for.
Example - I want to find information on the Tarot of the Cat People. I try first using Cat AND People, no dice, so I try using the whole name with AND between every word, yeah, right, thousands of hits.
So, the point is, am I somehow doing something wrong, or does this search function not work as I am used to search working? Is there any way that you can add the option to "Search for EXACT phrase"? In other words, if I type in the full name, or part of it, I'll ONLY get back threads where that EXACT name appears, not ten thousand threads that have the word Cat somewhere in the first paragraph and People somewhere in the second.
And if this is something that is going to be addressed by the site overhaul, forgive me, I'm just a little frustrated after a long day today ;) (Plus I hate starting a new thread if I don't have to).
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Example - I want to find information on the Tarot of the Cat People. I try first using Cat AND People, no dice, so I try using the whole name with AND between every word, yeah, right, thousands of hits.
So, the point is, am I somehow doing something wrong, or does this search function not work as I am used to search working? Is there any way that you can add the option to "Search for EXACT phrase"? In other words, if I type in the full name, or part of it, I'll ONLY get back threads where that EXACT name appears, not ten thousand threads that have the word Cat somewhere in the first paragraph and People somewhere in the second.
And if this is something that is going to be addressed by the site overhaul, forgive me, I'm just a little frustrated after a long day today ;) (Plus I hate starting a new thread if I don't have to).
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