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    One for the boffins - a BBS search problem ???

    Anybody know why when I seach for "BKL" using the advanced search feature of the BBS it comes back with.

    "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms"
    There are BKL mounts for sale with BKL in the tile of the post.

    Most strange...



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    min length of string is 4 characters

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    Quote Originally Posted by albrown
    min length of string is 4 characters

    That would expain it...

    Shame though, there are a number of three character searches you may want to do eg BKL, SAS (BSA Silencer), BSA, BAR, rat, S10, 410 etc.

    Following the other suggestion I tried adding "mount" to the search phrase, now "BKL mount" and you get everything with mount in it but strangely not Piemans' recent post

    "30mm BKL one piece mount"

    Ho hum...
    Last edited by gravity sucks; 17-07-2006 at 02:26 PM.
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    What I'm looking for is some BKL reach forward mounts and I thought the easy way was "advanced search" the for sale forum under "BKL" but that doesn't work and adding "mount" or "mounts" brings up every post with those phrases.

    There doesn't seem to be an AND / OR function to allow you to refine the search...

    or have I missed it...
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    Hi,

    Have you tried swapping the search type to boolean rather than natural language ?

    And then typing : BKL AND mount

    Steve.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gravity sucks
    What I'm looking for is some BKL reach forward mounts and I thought the easy way was "advanced search" the for sale forum under "BKL" but that doesn't work and adding "mount" or "mounts" brings up every post with those phrases.

    There doesn't seem to be an AND / OR function to allow you to refine the search...

    or have I missed it...
    I'm frustrated with the search function as well, there doesn't seem to be an "AND" or "+" function. I've tried clicking the "Boolean" button.
    I think I'm missing it too..... help please..!

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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveR
    Hi,

    Have you tried swapping the search type to boolean rather than natural language ?

    And then typing : BKL AND mount

    Steve.

    Tried it and it doesn't work for me Steve...

    Like the idea but typing AND doesn't seem to work.
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