Site search engine minimum length requirement

[Steigs]

Hi Guys, would you consider changing the minimum length of a search string from 4 characters to 3 characters?

 

It makes it hard to look for instances of things like ISY, PLM, 994, DON, ACK, etc, on their own.

 

Thanks!

 

 

[Mark H]

I believe that can be done easily, yes, and will discuss that with the UDI Staff.

 

Thank you for the feedback.

 

Mark

[LeeG]

The problem is going to be the result.   Think of how many hundreds of hits a search for PLM  will result in.   Same with any of the 3 character terms mentioned.  As much as one might think how good it would be to search on ACK I am certain no one is going to read the hundreds of hits that search will produce.  

[Steigs]

The problem is going to be the result.   Think of how many hundreds of hits a search for PLM  will result in.

 

Sometimes I'd like to see all those results and then whittle down from there.

 

Just because the engine will take 3 letters, that doesn't mean it's all you have to use.

[Steigs]

I believe that can be done easily, yes, and will discuss that with the UDI Staff.

 

Thank you for the feedback.

 

Mark

 

Thanks Mark!

[ravedog]

I search for Mac and can't :/

[Michel Kohanim]

Hello ravedog,

 

I am so very sorry for the delay. We tried this and the results turned out to be nonsensical ... for MAC try MAC ISY.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[ravedog]

 

The thing is the limit of 4 is not great when search for say the word Mac. Most people don't use Macintosh. And adding other words to pad the field to bring up the character count defeats the point of searching for a specific term.

[Mike Ippolito]

I've been beaten to submission

 

Fixed!

 

 

[ravedog]

Beat me to the fix results! Woohoo! My work here is done.

 

[Mark H]

Thanks, Mike!