Search Function claims I entered illegal terms, even though I didn't

[TerryS]

Unless I enter only 1 or 2 words, the forum search function says that I did not enter at least 4 characters, or that I entered illegal terms such as "html" and "img".

Here is what I was searching for:

malwarebytes: could this be a false result?

malwarebytes could this be a false result

malwarebytes false result

malwarebytes could this be

The topic of the forum is "malwarebytes: could this be a false result?"

Notice the search didn't work, even though I removed all punctuation, then removed anything that could refer to programming functions in any way (eg "false" and "result").

Also, there is no link to where you can see a complete list of "illegal" terms. Whatever it is, it must be far too restrictive, if you cannot search on normal English-language words to the point you cannot search for a topic at all.

[Tigger93]

The message says that one or more of the search terms are less than four characters. The only result of yours that would work is malwarebytes false result. This isn't our issue, its an issue with MySQL and Invision, and as far as I know, there is no way they or we can go around this limitation.

[kalimba]

note the words "be" and "a" in your search.

You must only type in words that have 4 letters or more in the search window, or you get this error message.

[TerryS]

...one or more of the search terms...

Aha! Each term, not in total. Thanks!

(FYI, this forum has some bugs. When I click the "Quote" button to try to quote someone, it just turns red, and nothing happens. When you click reply, however, it automatically quotes *everyone*. I guess that can be handy...but I imagine the nightmare in long threads... )

[AdvancedSetup]

Not a bug, perhaps not what you or I like but the software is working as the author intended.

Take a look at my signature that says a little about it.

[TerryS]

Not a bug, perhaps not what you or I like but the software is working as the author intended.

Take a look at my signature that says a little about it.

More like, I just never saw this before. It seemed inconvenient to not be able to quote a single author. But, by pure accident, I figured out that to quote one person you are supposed to click the "Quote" button (which only "marks" the post for quoting, is the only term I think describes it), then the "Reply" button. This will quote just that person.

Hmm...as I type this, this is what I think...the idea of this is (probably) to be able to quote any number of posts in that thread, which you specify. So, you mark the post(s) then hit Reply??? I'll try it now.

[TerryS]

Not a bug, perhaps not what you or I like but the software is working as the author intended.

Take a look at my signature that says a little about it.

More like, I just never saw this before. It seemed inconvenient to not be able to quote a single author. But, by pure accident, I figured out that to quote one person you are supposed to click the "Quote" button (which only "marks" the post for quoting, is the only term I think describes it), then the "Reply" button. This will quote just that person.

Hmm...as I type this, this is what I think...the idea of this is (probably) to be able to quote any number of posts in that thread, which you specify. So, you mark the post(s) then hit Reply??? I'll try it now.

Nope, but that was close! "Quote" (for all you want to quote), then "Add Reply". Confusing, but powerful/b] -- way better than quoting one person at a time, copying the code to Notepad, hitting the back button, then copying all the posts you want to quote into your actual reply. I've never seen a forum that had this feature!