[CGI] Exact match search with quick search [DONE]

Post by **PetriW** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 6:53 pm

This would be a pretty neat feature.

Earlier today I was looking for One Piece. Since I'm so lazy I only write OP in the quick search field and then get plenty of results. Thought struck me, wouldn't it be nice if I could write "OP" (ie, with quotation (") marks) and the search would only match an exact match, ie it wouldn't match for example Boogiepop, Panda Kopanda and Popotan.

After a while you get used to refer to animes by their short names, would be nice if we could use this in the quick search for an instant referral to the correct anime page.

Elberet · Post by **Elberet** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:41 pm

Well, I wonder if these short names are unique enough to be useful. If there's ever a second anime that can be abbreviated with OP, you'd once again get a listing with the two results making the quick search pointless. Second, it sounds easier to type "one pie" without quotation marks then ""OP"" with extra quotation marks.

Gambit · Post by **Gambit** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:54 pm

Sounds rather not really important to me ... I guess it`ll be somewhere on the 'eventually' list ...

Post by **PetriW** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 8:17 am

Yup, not that important a feature, more like a neat feature.

Elberet · Post by **Elberet** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 10:45 am

Oh, fear the web developers' eternal quest for neatness...

Post by **exp** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 5:09 pm

hm,

somehow i must have overlooked this one.
problem here is of course that " is a valid char in an anime title.
dunno if any title uses it atm though.

BYe!
EXP

Iceman[grrrr] · Post by **Iceman[grrrr]** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 6:24 pm

If it is used, just choose a different character!

Post by **exp** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 5:50 pm

*implemented*

BYe!
EXP

Iceman[grrrr] · Post by **Iceman[grrrr]** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:55 am

how does it work ?

Post by **exp** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:28 am

If your query starts with an " and ends with an " it's considered a fullmatch only query and the "'s are removed.
So. i.e. "OP" will only search for OP as fullmatch and not as a substring.

BYe!
EXP

Post by **PetriW** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 11:18 am

Hmm, but isn't it being a bit too exact when it's case sensitive?

Iceman[grrrr] · Post by **Iceman[grrrr]** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:45 pm

yeah since short names have different cases... it's kinda hard to remember the one you wanted! But it's a good start!