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Search forums is case sensitive - makes it difficult to search

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When searching the site through the search forums link, I realized that the search is case-sensitive. For those that don't know what this means it is that if I search for "deal" it won't show me threads that have the word "Deal" in them because of the capital D.

The search would be *much* better if it was case-sensitive, and it would likely stop some duplicate posts. I've had a lot of times where what I was searching for didn't come up because I typed in the wrong case.

This should be an easy change to make, can you fix it?

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  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    :doh:

    Read the faqing :search: faq because that's why they have been produced !

    :rolleyes:
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • sra
    sra Posts: 4,676 Forumite
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    Is it still case sensitive? :confused:

    When I wrote the entry espresso linked to, all searches had to be lower-case or you got no results.

    Now I get the exact same number of results returned when I try different cases which would suggest case doesn't matter ??
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    alchemista wrote:
    When searching the site through the search forums link, I realized that the search is case-sensitive. For those that don't know what this means it is that if I search for "deal" it won't show me threads that have the word "Deal" in them because of the capital D.

    The search would be *much* better if it was case-sensitive, and it would likely stop some duplicate posts. I've had a lot of times where what I was searching for didn't come up because I typed in the wrong case.

    This should be an easy change to make, can you fix it?

    :rotfl:

    Sorry but your first statement is incorrect! If you search for 'deal' it will show both 'deal' and 'Deal'.

    The search facility has already been improved, as it used to be necessary to enter your search criteria in lower case but now it does not discriminate.

    :T
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
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