Forum search engine broken?

[Bikedude]

I would have searched for this answer, but I can't.

The following search strings yield identical results for me:
- SQL Anywhere
- "SQL Anywhere"
- SQL AND Anywhere

The "search for all terms" option makes no difference. I get about 400 hits for that search phrase no matter what. And most (if not all) do not contain the word "Anywhere" anywhere.

I also tried a similar search, trying to find any post mentioning ".Net Framework" and "3.5" as well as "2.0" in the same post. Again I was unable to limit the result to something that only contains all of these terms.

Which magical incantation is required to make the search engine work properly?

[DanStutzman]

I have the same problem.

The query engine doesn't accept "%query%" as a string so you have to type AND between every word. That is the only way I have been able to find what I am looking for.

All Boolean all the time.

[Bikedude]

But AND works for you?

I can't even get the boolean mojo going at all.

[DanStutzman]

This is an error message I have searched for successfully:
Error Could not access network location \\workspace.

So I query:

Error AND Could AND not AND access AND network AND location


Maybe you need to be a bit more specific with your query. They seem a bit vauge.

[Bikedude]

Error AND Could AND not AND access AND network AND location

That query yields 8 hits.

So does:
Error Could not access network location

(i.e. same query without "AND")

OK, I think part of the problem is that "anywhere" yields zero hits. It does not influence the search result at all, even though it is combined with another term.

I find it a bit hard to limit my search phrase, because the product is known as "SQL Anywhere". Maybe it is usually hyphenated, but I don't want to be _that_ specific, given "only" 700+ hits for "SQL".

[DanStutzman]

That's odd. When I search with AND I get 8 hits... but without I get 724 hits.

[MichaelNesmith]

If you use the "Ask" feature on the IDE toolbar, it uses Google, which we obviously cannot compete with as a search engine You will get a lot more relevant hits that way.