search help

gtardirt · Aug 1, 2008, 09:43 AM

Could someone please direct me to a help page or whatever on the syntax for searching this forum. thanks.

Russ · Aug 1, 2008, 08:10 PM

I do not know of anything other than the following:
Searching Forums and Threads

gtardirt · Aug 1, 2008, 08:30 PM

Thanks, Russ, but I didn't see anything there that tells how to do a boolean "AND" search. The default seems to be to use boolean "OR" when you enter several words. Is "AND" not even possible?

Russ · Aug 1, 2008, 09:06 PM

Yes I know, but that is the only info that I am aware of, so I thought I would post it.

Maybe one of the moderators has more info...

As for the boolean "OR" thing, I remember someone else saying the same exact thing [COLOR=Gray](can't find that post now though)[/COLOR].

**temeteus82** · Aug 1, 2008, 09:12 PM

Hi there. I moved this thread to proper parts of the forums.

I think the search matching options are the ones that does the job on vBulletin. I'm not the expert on this issue.

Russ · Aug 1, 2008, 10:36 PM

Sometimes I find it easier to just use Google to search the forum (particularly when looking for something specific).

i.e.
I was just looking for a specific thread and was having trouble locating it using the forum's search, but I found it instantly using Google:

i.e.
[COLOR=Gray]adapter a2zsnb Eugene Gavrilov[/COLOR] site:driverheaven.net

The [COLOR=Gray]above[/COLOR] are the only keywords that I could remember, and the forum's search either gave no results, or too many results, depending on which keywords I included.

gtardirt · Aug 2, 2008, 12:48 AM

Thanks, Russ. That sounds like a good idea. I'll try that.

Aug 1, 2008, 09:43 AM	#1
gtardirt HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 44 Rep Power: 0	search help Could someone please direct me to a help page or whatever on the syntax for searching this forum. thanks.

Aug 1, 2008, 08:10 PM	#2
Russ HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,561 Rep Power: 62	I do not know of anything other than the following: Searching Forums and Threads

Aug 1, 2008, 08:30 PM	Thread Starter #3
gtardirt HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 44 Rep Power: 0	Thanks, Russ, but I didn't see anything there that tells how to do a boolean "AND" search. The default seems to be to use boolean "OR" when you enter several words. Is "AND" not even possible?

Aug 1, 2008, 09:06 PM	#4
Russ HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,561 Rep Power: 62	Yes I know, but that is the only info that I am aware of, so I thought I would post it. Maybe one of the moderators has more info... As for the boolean "OR" thing, I remember someone else saying the same exact thing [COLOR=Gray](can't find that post now though)[/COLOR].

Aug 1, 2008, 10:36 PM	#6
Russ HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,561 Rep Power: 62	Sometimes I find it easier to just use Google to search the forum (particularly when looking for something specific). i.e. I was just looking for a specific thread and was having trouble locating it using the forum's search, but I found it instantly using Google: i.e. [COLOR=Gray]adapter a2zsnb Eugene Gavrilov[/COLOR] site:driverheaven.net The [COLOR=Gray]above[/COLOR] are the only keywords that I could remember, and the forum's search either gave no results, or too many results, depending on which keywords I included.

Aug 2, 2008, 12:48 AM	Thread Starter #7
gtardirt HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 44 Rep Power: 0	Thanks, Russ. That sounds like a good idea. I'll try that.