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Suggestion: Removal of the 3 characters min. for search
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Visual FoxPro
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>>>>When doing a search, we cannot enter a string of less than 3 characters. That mean that we cannot do a search on "Windows NT" for example.
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>>>>On the same topic, removal of the reserved words, like "NOT" or a way of entering it.
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>>>I agree on both ideas - especially that 3 chars is too restrictive. Even in my largest app searches, I have only a 2-char minimum, and it works fine...it is possible for a user to "break the memory bank" by a foolish search (like "is"), but I figure that's their own fault...and here, records are brought across only in smaller packets, so it shouldn't be a problem...
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>>PMFJI - FWIW: Maybe the real problem is inability to search on more than one word or phrase... I know that it would certainly be slower and open up boolean logic issues, but 'windows nt' would no longer be unaccessible as just 'nt'...
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>You can search on more than one word now (it has an implied AND) - you mean something fancier like Altavista?

Hi Bruce:

Was the multi-word thing just done recently? Seems like I tried that just a few days ago (maybe a week or two ago) and got the usual error message...

I'll have to try it again.

Thanx.

Rob
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