Limit on 2 digit items in the search critieria is frustrating

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[H]ard|Gawd
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When searching through the forums, there is a minimum of 3 characters needed to search for a term. In my case I'm searching for a canon s2, s3 or s5 IS camera. When I type in any of those search terms, I'm returned with every single canon listing and have to manually go through each one. This is a similar issue for those looking for P3 or P4 processors. It's great for maintaining page hits, but it doesn't allow for ease of use for the site. I think you should look at allowing searches of strings of just two characters. Thanks.
 
I think we should allow 2 digit terms but only if paired with another 3+ digits terms. I don't know if this is feasible.

 
Queries in quotes would be nice, never seen a board do that though.
 
Sphinx, the new search software, is having issues recognizing the phrase operator. ( " ") In another thread, Kyle promised that he would look into it.
 
One common VBulletin solution Kyl;e might explore is allowing "*" as a placeholder, as in "P4*" returning anything that starts P4... not perfect but useful
 
I've run into that problem before, too. When I type in a phrase, so many of the terms are rejected (too common, too small...etc.), I am left with a very generic search that is useless.
 
Speaking from experience on my company's websites, when a site gets large enough in terms of DB size, etc, effective search tools get very expensive as you scale up the abilities of the search engine.
 
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