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JimLish
01-28-2009, 12:33 PM
How can I search for mutiple words using the "and" operator or an exact phrase? I am used to using the +/- operators and quotes, but the search results always seem to be based on an "or" operator. Sorry if this is a stupid question, but it is really frustrating me.

Jim

j1gregor
01-28-2009, 10:01 PM
I'm having the same problems. It seems the default search is an 'or' search. It often makes it hard to find stuff.

jrjuiliano
01-29-2009, 11:08 AM
I was just mucking about, but it may not be set in the options for admin. I think you have to enable "fulltext" search. Although it seems hit and miss and in some cases people got SQL errors.

Here's another way to search, but it is not as user friendly:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107955

And here's where I saw the thing for enabling fulltext:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=164666