search function - searches with numerals only return -0-

[trashman]

Gents,

I frequently search for guns based on a numeric model number on various forums, and I've started noticing that I can't here -- the search always just returns 'zero' if the search string is a number only.

However, if I search for a number+symbol/alpha character, then I get results no problem.

An obvious example is '870'. I *know* there are some posts in the Shotgun forum with the term 870 in it!

cheers, and thanks for all your work keeping things moving around here -

--Neill

[ke6guj]

has nothing to do with all numbers, its the fact that its only 3 characters. A search for '1911' brings up 500 results.

It used to work for 3 letter searches, but around the time that they started upgrading the servers, it looks like it got bumped back to 4. Maybe after the new backend is all set up, they can change itback to 3 letters, and even add in some specific 2-letter combos that need to be indexed, like G3, etc.

[Black Majik]

I requested looking into this since the switch to geovario, but so far been ignored.

It's a real hinderance also I agree. Seems everything I want to search for is 3 characters long.

[trashman]

Got it, thanks for the clarification.

In the interim I'll just have to spend more time buying 4th Gen S&W autos and more 1911's...

--Neill