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Alexander Turcic · 07-08-2007, 05:13 PM

Modifying our search engine to include three-letter searches (or even two-letters) is not as trivial as it might seem.

We'd have to reconfigure our database server. Most likely, it could lead to a decrease in performance and a considerable increase in the search index.

I'll have done some internal testing first and if it's OK, we'll go down to three-letter searches.

07-08-2007, 05:13 PM	#3
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Modifying our search engine to include three-letter searches (or even two-letters) is not as trivial as it might seem. We'd have to reconfigure our database server. Most likely, it could lead to a decrease in performance and a considerable increase in the search index. I'll have done some internal testing first and if it's OK, we'll go down to three-letter searches.