Does anyones search work?

sinin1

I can do the search, and get thread results


but can not get into any of the threads opened, I just get ->


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shylock

sinin1

After being off the forum a while I was disappointed to find the same results.

Subject searches find threads but can't open them after a small period of time.

What you have to do is find the thread you want,
then do a search using the poster in the "Author" box
and the subject in the Subject box. The combination will
usually get you to and allow you to open the thread.

But sometimes you just have to scroll through all the
Author's posts!

This forum's search engine really sucks.

19Lyds

The search function is hosed and has been hosed for at least a week.

Whats occuring is that the hyperlinks attached to the list of forum threads that is returned has the search arguments appended to them.

For Example: If I search for 1972 AND Type 2 by author 19Lyds in the US Coin Forum, the first thread title that gets returned has the following hyperlink:

http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=735229&highlight_key=y&keyword1=1972&keyword2=Type 2

In the URL bar, I simply delete everything back to the threadid=735229 and the thread will pop up.

For example, delete all the underlined information:

http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=735229&highlight_key=y&keyword1=1972&keyword2=Type%202

Why the search arguments are being retained in the hyperlinks is unknown to me, I just know how to work with the results.

sinin1

thanks 19Lyds, it works


and Shylocks method probably is good but with extra steps

shylock

Thanks 19Lyds, that works!

Amazing info you get here if you ask.