When searching: "&" and "and" should be synonyms.. Messages in this topic - RSS

psmart
psmart
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10/2/2016

psmart
psmart
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If the cover text has an ampersand between Batman & Robin and yet it's stored in the system as Batman AND Robin I would expect the item to be found. I'm SLOWLY learning these issues with the search process... Like NEVER use an apostrophe and some other undocumented "features" of search. I guess I would expect things to work a certain way. I shouldn't have to THINK too much when searching for items. I'm not really sure where to put this rant, but since I figured this was an open forum I'd air out my gripe. If this makes it to one of the sysadmins, then GREAT!
I just think searching should be WAY more flexible. Granted, if it's TOO flexible then it's too slow. But even for synonyms that's not all that hard to code.
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Oxbladder
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10/2/2016

Oxbladder
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Searching has been "broken" for years. I think one word searches work best even if the results pulled up are numerous. Good thing I don't use the guide side of things.
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psmart
psmart
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10/2/2016

psmart
psmart
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That is weird because it wouldn't take a whole lot to FIX it.
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netstuffers
netstuffers
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10/7/2016

netstuffers
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Thanks for reporting. I'm working on a fix now!
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