| Discussion Forum: Thread 286077 |
|
 |
| | | Author: | C0lsanders_  | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2021 21:47 | | Subject: | Searching catalog removes words. Why? | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
|
| For example, I have tile 98138pb033, a soda can top. So I search "can". Catalog
returns "The following keywords were excluded from your search: can". I then
have to search with the quotation marks for " "can" ", so it finds it. Why does
the catalog search function decide to not search the word? I've had it do
the same thing with numbers. Is it a length issue, ie, has to be a minimum of
4 characters, or something?
Thanks,
Miles (C0lsanders_)
|
|
| | | | | |
| | | | | Author: | Hexy | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2021 21:55 | | Subject: | Re: Searching catalog removes words. Why? | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
|
| I think its something to do with the fact that can has multiple meanings. Can
is often used like 'Can you pass me that. the search is thinking you are
using it like this and excluding it because it is not considered a keyword
Regards,
Theo - The_RealRedHex
In Catalog, C0lsanders_ writes:
| | For example, I have tile 98138pb033, a soda can top. So I search "can". Catalogue
returns "The following keywords were excluded from your search: can". I then
have to search with the quotation marks for " "can" ", so it finds it. Why does
the catalogue search function decide to not search the word? I've had it do
the same thing with numbers. Is it a length issue, ie, has to be a minimum of
4 characters, or something?
Thanks,
Miles (C0lsanders_)
|
|
|
|
| | | | | |
| | | | | Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2021 22:08 | | Subject: | Re: Searching catalog removes words. Why? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
|
|
BrickLink
ID CardAdmin_Russell
|
Location:  USA, California |
| Member Since |
Contact |
Type |
Status |
| May 9, 2017 |
 |
Admin |
|
|
| BrickLink Administrator |
|
| In Catalog, C0lsanders_ writes:
| | For example, I have tile 98138pb033, a soda can top. So I search "can". Catalog
returns "The following keywords were excluded from your search: can". I then
have to search with the quotation marks for " "can" ", so it finds it. Why does
the catalog search function decide to not search the word? I've had it do
the same thing with numbers. Is it a length issue, ie, has to be a minimum of
4 characters, or something?
Thanks,
Miles (C0lsanders_)
|
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=29
I think originally it had to do with optimizing site performance.
|
|
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Author: | C0lsanders_ | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2021 22:17 | | Subject: | Re: Searching catalog removes words. Why? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
|
| Perhaps. Makes things frustrating though.
In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Catalog, C0lsanders_ writes:
| | For example, I have tile 98138pb033, a soda can top. So I search "can". Catalog
returns "The following keywords were excluded from your search: can". I then
have to search with the quotation marks for " "can" ", so it finds it. Why does
the catalog search function decide to not search the word? I've had it do
the same thing with numbers. Is it a length issue, ie, has to be a minimum of
4 characters, or something?
Thanks,
Miles (C0lsanders_)
|
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=29
I think originally it had to do with optimizing site performance.
|
|
|
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Mar 20, 2021 03:32 | | Subject: | Re: Searching catalog removes words. Why? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
|
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Catalog, C0lsanders_ writes:
| | For example, I have tile 98138pb033, a soda can top. So I search "can". Catalog
returns "The following keywords were excluded from your search: can". I then
have to search with the quotation marks for " "can" ", so it finds it. Why does
the catalog search function decide to not search the word? I've had it do
the same thing with numbers. Is it a length issue, ie, has to be a minimum of
4 characters, or something?
Thanks,
Miles (C0lsanders_)
|
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=29
I think originally it had to do with optimizing site performance.
|
Sort of, but it is a general feature of the database indexer, not specific for
Bricklink. The exception word list, should have either been disabled or modified
for use with the Bricklink titles. Currently this list only makes sense for normal
English full text searches. The Bricklink titles are *not* normal English text.
The 'indexer' is what cuts the long title string into chunks that can
be searched through an index, in stead of having to crawl through all titles
one at a time.
@Russell: it should not be too hard to just disable the exception list in the
database's language settings.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australia, Victoria
Netherlands, Groningen