Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
Posts: 4

I've been thwarted a couple of times by what seems to be a rule that you can't search for a short word in the discussion search function.

This is a problem when the short word is exactly what I'm looking for, such as 'X10' or 'RF'.

Any tricks to get around this limitation?

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Registered: Feb 2000
Location: El Segundo,CA
Posts: 374

I agree, just this morning I tried to search for AOL.

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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Seattle, WA USA
Posts: 413

I tried searching for "T28" for the T28 ericsson phone --> visor connectivity and I couldn't do it. Please enable it!

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

There's currently a 4 character minimum length... I've pointed this out to marcus.

There is a workaround... use wildcards (*) to pad the search phrase to 4 characters. For example, X10*, T28*, and RF**. I know it's a little inconvenient but does appear to work for now.

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Registered: Aug 1999
Location: Inverness, FL
Posts: 428

We have now changed the search criteria to a minimum of two characters.

Thanks,

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<B>Marcus Adolfsson</B>
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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Aberdeen, SD
Posts: 2531

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Originally posted by marcus
We have now changed the search criteria to a minimum of two characters.

Thanks,

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No, thank you.

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