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 Author: Stellar View Messages Posted By Stellar
 Posted: Dec 22, 2022 04:05
 Subject: Searching using "quotes" not working
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 Topic: Technical Issues
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Stellar (3485)

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For example this search:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?pg=1&q=black+arms%2C+yellow+hands&catLike=W&sortBy=N&sortAsc=A&catType=P&v=2

Without the quotes it gets a list of 406 items...

And putting the quotes turns 0 results...

With the quotes to search exact terms it would be a quite smaller list to check...
as before.

At least in BrickStore it still works:

PD: if this is regarding the data article please fix the issue but not removing
functionality from the site, thanks.
 
 Author: pitz8008 View Messages Posted By pitz8008
 Posted: Dec 22, 2022 05:03
 Subject: Re: Searching using "quotes" not working
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In Technical Issues, Stellar writes:
  For example this search:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?pg=1&q=black+arms%2C+yellow+hands&catLike=W&sortBy=N&sortAsc=A&catType=P&v=2

Without the quotes it gets a list of 406 items...

And putting the quotes turns 0 results...

With the quotes to search exact terms it would be a quite smaller list to check...
as before.

At least in BrickStore it still works:

PD: if this is regarding the data article please fix the issue but not removing
functionality from the site, thanks.


I assume this is why the "Figure It Out" site is not working.
 Author: Turez View Messages Posted By Turez
 Posted: Dec 22, 2022 06:51
 Subject: Re: Searching using "quotes" not working
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In Technical Issues, pitz8008 writes:
  In Technical Issues, Stellar writes:
  For example this search:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?pg=1&q=black+arms%2C+yellow+hands&catLike=W&sortBy=N&sortAsc=A&catType=P&v=2

Without the quotes it gets a list of 406 items...

And putting the quotes turns 0 results...

With the quotes to search exact terms it would be a quite smaller list to check...
as before.

At least in BrickStore it still works:

PD: if this is regarding the data article please fix the issue but not removing
functionality from the site, thanks.


I assume this is why the "Figure It Out" site is not working.

Yep. And it seems to be a site-wide issue with quotes. Since yesterday, when
I send a message with quotes to another user on BrickLink, the email copy of
my message shows the quotes like this:
 
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Dec 22, 2022 07:04
 Subject: Re: Searching using "quotes" not working
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In Technical Issues, Turez writes:
  […]
Yep. And it seems to be a site-wide issue with quotes. Since yesterday, when
I send a message with quotes to another user on BrickLink, the email copy of
my message shows the quotes like this:

They are replacing quotes by HTML entities (“& 34 ;” means “this is characther
#34, the straight quote”) to “sanitize their database inputs” as explained here:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/327:_Exploits_of_a_Mom
 Author: Stellar View Messages Posted By Stellar
 Posted: Dec 22, 2022 07:15
 Subject: Re: Searching using "quotes" not working
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Stellar (3485)

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In Technical Issues, SylvainLS writes:
  In Technical Issues, Turez writes:
  […]
Yep. And it seems to be a site-wide issue with quotes. Since yesterday, when
I send a message with quotes to another user on BrickLink, the email copy of
my message shows the quotes like this:

They are replacing quotes by HTML entities (“& 34 ;” means “this is characther
#34, the straight quote”) to “sanitize their database inputs” as explained here:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/327:_Exploits_of_a_Mom

Always fun to read those, even multiple times.

And also using ' instead throws a blank page saying:

The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Dec 22, 2022 07:39
 Subject: Re: Searching using "quotes" not working
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In Technical Issues, Stellar writes:
  […]
  They are replacing quotes by HTML entities (“& 34 ;” means “this is characther
#34, the straight quote”) to “sanitize their database inputs” as explained here:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/327:_Exploits_of_a_Mom

Always fun to read those, even multiple times.

Indeed
(And that’s the litmus test for true classics.)


  And also using ' instead throws a blank page saying:

The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.

D’oh. *facepalm*
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: Dec 22, 2022 07:34
 Subject: Re: Searching using "quotes" not working
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In Technical Issues, pitz8008 writes:
  In Technical Issues, Stellar writes:
  For example this search:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?pg=1&q=black+arms%2C+yellow+hands&catLike=W&sortBy=N&sortAsc=A&catType=P&v=2

Without the quotes it gets a list of 406 items...

And putting the quotes turns 0 results...

With the quotes to search exact terms it would be a quite smaller list to check...
as before.

At least in BrickStore it still works:

PD: if this is regarding the data article please fix the issue but not removing
functionality from the site, thanks.


I assume this is why the "Figure It Out" site is not working.

"Black arms" "yellow hands"

is working for me.
 Author: qwertyboy View Messages Posted By qwertyboy
 Posted: Dec 22, 2022 08:33
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 Author: jennnifer View Messages Posted By jennnifer
 Posted: Dec 22, 2022 08:35
 Subject: Re: Searching using "quotes" not working
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In Technical Issues, Stellar writes:
  For example this search:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?pg=1&q=black+arms%2C+yellow+hands&catLike=W&sortBy=N&sortAsc=A&catType=P&v=2

Without the quotes it gets a list of 406 items...

And putting the quotes turns 0 results...

With the quotes to search exact terms it would be a quite smaller list to check...
as before.

At least in BrickStore it still works:

PD: if this is regarding the data article please fix the issue but not removing
functionality from the site, thanks.

I can confirm that double quotes to search for a specific phrase is not working.
This is an important and basic search tool and needs to be fixed asap!

Jen
 Author: bricks2you View Messages Posted By bricks2you
 Posted: Dec 22, 2022 09:39
 Subject: Re: Searching using "quotes" not working
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I just tried it and it is working for me.

In Technical Issues, Stellar writes:
  For example this search:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?pg=1&q=black+arms%2C+yellow+hands&catLike=W&sortBy=N&sortAsc=A&catType=P&v=2

Without the quotes it gets a list of 406 items...

And putting the quotes turns 0 results...

With the quotes to search exact terms it would be a quite smaller list to check...
as before.

At least in BrickStore it still works:

PD: if this is regarding the data article please fix the issue but not removing
functionality from the site, thanks.
 Author: Stellar View Messages Posted By Stellar
 Posted: Dec 22, 2022 12:10
 Subject: Re: Searching using "quotes" not working
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Stellar (3485)

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In Technical Issues, Stellar writes:
  For example this search:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?pg=1&q=black+arms%2C+yellow+hands&catLike=W&sortBy=N&sortAsc=A&catType=P&v=2

Without the quotes it gets a list of 406 items...

And putting the quotes turns 0 results...

With the quotes to search exact terms it would be a quite smaller list to check...
as before.

At least in BrickStore it still works:

PD: if this is regarding the data article please fix the issue but not removing
functionality from the site, thanks.

Working now, thanks!