Full text can't find "LCD" and other 3-letter words

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  • jarvis24
    New Member
    • Jul 2003
    • 26

    Full text can't find "LCD" and other 3-letter words

    I have multiple posts on my board with LCD. When I search on that, it comes up with nothing, as it does for other three letter words. I have the option for full text search on. Index New Posts in Search Engine is checked for all the forums. I have Search Index Minimum Word Length = 3 in the Message Searching Options (default search).

    Is there maybe a separate place to set the minimum character value if you are doing full text searching?
  • Zachery
    Former vBulletin Support
    • Jul 2002
    • 59097

    #2
    The message searching options in vB do not effect anything while fulltext searching is in effect.

    You need to set these values in the servers my.cnf file and reindex your fulltext indecies.

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    • jarvis24
      New Member
      • Jul 2003
      • 26

      #3
      where would that be? i searched in my MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0 folder.

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      • Zachery
        Former vBulletin Support
        • Jul 2002
        • 59097

        #4
        What OS idoes your server run ont?

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        • jarvis24
          New Member
          • Jul 2003
          • 26

          #5
          windows 2003

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          • Zachery
            Former vBulletin Support
            • Jul 2002
            • 59097

            #6
            You need to look for a my.ini file.

            Should be inside of the windows directory.

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            • jarvis24
              New Member
              • Jul 2003
              • 26

              #7
              yes, i did find that, but no obvious option for setting the minimum number of characters. sorry, don't know much about mysql.

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              • Zachery
                Former vBulletin Support
                • Jul 2002
                • 59097

                #8
                Its not a problem. give me a moment to trackdown the settings for mininum word lenght.

                Edit: I found this post at vBulletin.org

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                I don't suggest setting the mininum word lenght to 2 however.

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