I have a problem with search algorithm!

Submitted by kempo on Sat, 2007-09-01 09:17 in Price Tapestry

Hi,
I have a problem with search algorithm. If I search SONY+DSC+W80 the script finds the requested product. But If I search DSC+W80 the script does not give any results. It is the same for all different combinations. How can I solve this problem? My site is http://www.fiyatbul.net
Thanks,

Hi, This a result of the

Submitted by support on Sat, 2007-09-01 11:59

Hi,

This a result of the full text indexing, not indexing words less than 4 characters in length. It is possible to change this by building MySQL from source, but it is not very efficient, especially if you have a large site.

Alternatively, you can enable Price Tapestry's basic search method for all queries. This does not rely on the full text index, but does a straight forward "instring" comparison ignoring spaces. The instructions for doing this are in the following thread:

http://www.pricetapestry.com/node/164

Cheers,
David.

I have applied the

Submitted by kempo on Sat, 2007-09-01 12:21

I have applied the instructions but nothing has changed.

Hi, Can you email me your

Submitted by support on Sat, 2007-09-01 12:34

Hi,

Can you email me your search.php (as an attachment), and i'll look at your site and send you back something to try...

(reply to your reg code or forum registration email is the easiest way to get me)

Cheers,
David.