How to get exact search results?

gaekwad · 2021-07-10 17:41:23

etc wrote #330956:

In my tests, NATURAL LANGUAGE MODE search works rather well, except for very common (English) words like ‘and’, ‘name’ and so on that it fails to match. Should we add some m="natural" search mode to core, or is it too marginal and etc_search will suffice?

+1 from me, that’d be a high quality addition.

etc · 2021-07-11 08:05:28

gaekwad wrote #330970:

+1 from me, that’d be a high quality addition.

Even keeping in mind that a search for too common terms in this mode would return nothing?

colak · 2021-07-11 08:19:36

etc wrote #330973:

Even keeping in mind that a search for too common terms in this mode would return nothing?

Apart from words like and, when, that, etc. Is there a list of those too common terms?

etc · 2021-07-11 08:38:42

colak wrote #330978:

Apart from words like and, when, that, etc. Is there a list of those too common terms?

Hi Yiannis, look at the end of this page.

This list looks configurable, but I have no experience therein.

colak · 2021-07-11 08:52:01

etc wrote #330979:

Hi Yiannis, look at the end of this page.

This list looks configurable, but I have no experience therein.

That looks interesting. So, is this option proposed to only be for the front end and not the searches within the txp back end?

etc · 2021-07-11 08:59:17

colak wrote #330980:

So, is this option proposed to only be for the front end and not the searches within the txp back end?

This mode needs a FULLTEXT index, which is on (Body, Title) by default. So it would be mainly for frontend.

colak · 2021-07-11 09:03:53

etc wrote #330981:

This mode needs a FULLTEXT index, which is on (Body, Title) by default. So it would be mainly for frontend.

👍

Kjeld · 2021-07-12 01:35:49

etc wrote #330979:

Hi Yiannis, look at the end of this page.

This list looks configurable, but I have no experience therein.

Oh, that makes it even more interesting. The words currently in the list don’t cause issues for most situations, I’d imagine.

Unless you are searching for things like, “Victoria and Albert Museum”. Although it would still find “Victoria” and “Albert Museum”, even without the “and”, right?

Last edited by Kjeld (2021-07-12 01:37:02)

etc · 2021-07-12 13:30:24

Patch landed in 4.8.8, should be testable few hours later on demo site, via appending m=natural to search URLs.

colak · 2021-07-12 13:57:42

the slogan yields no results, slogan does. Is that the expected behaviour?

ps. It appears that the results are the same in the current vanilla install.

etc · 2021-07-12 14:09:42

colak wrote #331000:

ps. It appears that the results are the same in the current vanilla install.

Demo site is not rebuilt yet, one more hour to wait.

etc · 2021-07-12 15:55:09

Unfortunately, MATCH ... AGAINST does not seem to work on 4.8.8 demo server at all (whatever mode). Please test somewhere else.

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#13 2021-07-10 17:41:23

Re: How to get exact search results?

etc wrote #330956:

#14 2021-07-11 08:05:28

Re: How to get exact search results?

gaekwad wrote #330970:

#15 2021-07-11 08:19:36

Re: How to get exact search results?

etc wrote #330973:

#16 2021-07-11 08:38:42

Re: How to get exact search results?

colak wrote #330978:

#17 2021-07-11 08:52:01

Re: How to get exact search results?

etc wrote #330979:

#18 2021-07-11 08:59:17

Re: How to get exact search results?

colak wrote #330980:

#19 2021-07-11 09:03:53

Re: How to get exact search results?

etc wrote #330981:

#20 2021-07-12 01:35:49

Re: How to get exact search results?

etc wrote #330979:

#21 2021-07-12 13:30:24

Re: How to get exact search results?

#22 2021-07-12 13:57:42

Re: How to get exact search results?

#23 2021-07-12 14:09:42

Re: How to get exact search results?

colak wrote #331000:

#24 2021-07-12 15:55:09

Re: How to get exact search results?

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