Sorry, there is no provision for that. The more words you add to a search, the worse the results. However, if you search for two words I find that the first posts in the list generally have both words.
Richard Mueller - MVP Directory Services
Right. The idea is that it gives the best matches at the top.
Thanks!
Ed Price, SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog,
Small Basic,
Wiki Ninjas,
Wiki)
Seriously? That's all you can say about this embarrassing lack of functionality in the search tool? You're the one who was wondering aloud why people were so annoyed with the forum redesign. You are the one who asked
"Isn't it easier to search for things now?" Come on, Ed. Why can't you guys admit that not allowing quoted text or logical operators in a search tool is pathetic? I remember when there were 9 or 10 different internet search engines
and no one was sure which one was going to filter to the top. This was in the 90's and 00's. Even back then there were logical operators and quoted text.
Allowing the use of only two words to get even a semblance of a decent search result is nothing but lazy, sloppy coding. In every single other search tool I have ever used, you get
better results when using more keywords because it refines what you are looking for. These are concepts that shouldn't even need to be explained to someone coding a search tool.
Are you serious that this is the best the crack Microsoft team can do?
Please do not read this sentence. Please ignore the previous sentence.
