search option is lacking

[mysql]

The search filters out keywords under 4 characters. That's usually the default setting in mysql, the problem is that prevents me from searching for topics like "pam 063" on this forum.

In your my.cnf you can lower the default with this setting:

set-variable = ft_min_word_len=2

But it might just be a forum setting if innovision board has it's own key tables.

[KB]

Well this is a new forum, we don't have a large data base yet...............plenty of hits for Panerai.

Ken

[mysql]

Well this is a new forum, we don't have a large data base yet...............plenty of hits for Panerai.

I have a feeling you didn't bother reading what I said.

The problem isn't the lack of hits in the database, it's the inability to search on words under 4 characters in length, which rules out most acronyms (For both watches and dealers) as well as model numbers.

"pan" was merely an example of the problem.

[Admin]

Search settings changed

[mysql]

Search settings changed

sweet - thanks

I still get no match on pam or even pan (which I mentioned in this thread).

If they're using mysql's fulltext search the my.cnf will have to be changed to allow for shorter min word lengths and the index rebuilt. I only use phpbb, so I don't know much more than that.