question about search facility

sslogin · 11-29-11, 09:17 PM

From trial and error I have concluded the advanced search doesn't allow phrases or wildcards, but is case insensitive. Am I correct?

SHIV example:

From lurking and reading I once saw a discussion of silent running, and turning down the engine RPM below some value. I wanted to use the search facility to find that post. So I used advanced search for ... silent running. The effect seemed to be that I searched for just the word running. Then I tried searching for "silent running", trying to make it a phrase, and again it was like I searched for running.

Searching for the word silent seemed like a bad idea in the silent hunter forum. So I searched for rpm, and got no hits. I found that hard to believe. By wandering around I found that the word RPMs is in some posts. I searched for that and found posts, this is good. Then I tried RPM*, hoping that a wildcard would work. It didn't.

11-29-11, 09:17 PM	#1
sslogin Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	question about search facility From trial and error I have concluded the advanced search doesn't allow phrases or wildcards, but is case insensitive. Am I correct? SHIV example: From lurking and reading I once saw a discussion of silent running, and turning down the engine RPM below some value. I wanted to use the search facility to find that post. So I used advanced search for ... silent running. The effect seemed to be that I searched for just the word running. Then I tried searching for "silent running", trying to make it a phrase, and again it was like I searched for running. Searching for the word silent seemed like a bad idea in the silent hunter forum. So I searched for rpm, and got no hits. I found that hard to believe. By wandering around I found that the word RPMs is in some posts. I searched for that and found posts, this is good. Then I tried RPM*, hoping that a wildcard would work. It didn't.