max.spicer;133280 Wrote: 
> That's rubbish!  We're always telling people to search forums before
> asking questions again, and yet the forums seem to make it as difficult
> as possible for them to do this!  I can understand people not being
> allowed to search for only three characters, but there should be an
> easy way to search for an exact string with spaces in it!
> 
> Max

Max, the issue has to do with mysql, word storage, and search
efficiency.  For background, read: 

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/fulltext-fine-tuning.html

You *can* use asterisk to do 3 char searches; eg, to do a search of
"not", search for "not*".


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