Search Functionality

broadstairsbob · 4 Mar 2006

Can anyone confirm whether there is a problem with the search functionality?

For example if I search on words 'core' and 'drill' - searching all items - 595 returned some of which do not contain 'core' or do not contain 'drill'.

Maybe I'm doing it wrong ?...

Thanks in advance

DIYnot · 5 Mar 2006

No, I'm afraid you're quite right, there is a problem with the search function at the moment, we are in the process of sorting it.

Multiplex · 17 Mar 2006

This is still a problem. The search functionality is very important to me as I find it often helps me find solutions to my problems.

Not being able to search for all items makes it very very very difficult.

I hope this will be fixed soon!

Simon.

Softus · 2 Apr 2006

DIYnot said:
No, I'm afraid you're quite right, there is a problem with the search function at the moment, we are in the process of sorting it.

Any news on this one Admin?

ban-all-sheds · 20 Apr 2006

Softus said:
DIYnot said:

No, I'm afraid you're quite right, there is a problem with the search function at the moment, we are in the process of sorting it.

Click to expand...

Any news on this one Admin?

I was just wondering the same thing, having found that it's still broken....

Softus · 20 Apr 2006

ban-all-sheds said:
I was just wondering the same thing, having found that it's still broken....

To be pedantic, 'broken' doesn't quite capture it for me.

My old spectacles are broken, whereas the search function is utterly f***ed.

ChrisR · 31 Oct 2006

It's still flaky, but if you put

+core +drill

in, it does seem to find some right things.

Not sure those option buttons do anything though, and if you put 3 terms in, it doesn't work.

Softus · 31 Oct 2006

ChrisR said:
Not sure those option buttons do anything though, and if you put 3 terms in, it doesn't work.

The options work for me, and so does putting in three terms.

Try this:

...which yields these results:

...and the URL of the first one is:

http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=449639&highlight=diamond+core+drill#449639

...and the content of the first one looks like this:

DavidJW · 17 Apr 2007

DIYnot said:
No, I'm afraid you're quite right, there is a problem with the search function at the moment, we are in the process of sorting it.

When will it be fixed?

I can't hold my breath much longer!