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Can't search "ICO"

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Ran into a rather silly error with the search. :eek: For some reason, it won't let me search "ICO", even though it's a real DLC content (http://www.littlebigplanet.com/en-gb/game_guide/ps3/downloadable_content/ico_and_shadow_of_the_colossus_costume_kit/) pack. It tells me it is too short.

Ideas?
2010-02-16 15:08:00

Author:
Beed28
Posts: 200


try Ico DLC pack or Ico Game2010-02-16 15:11:00

Author:
ApeCheese
Posts: 369


This is a limitation of the forum software AFAIK. You can't use search terms with less than four letters. I *think* there would be a performance issue if it was modified to allow 3-letter word searches, but I'm no expert. So yeah, I don't think there's any way around it.2010-02-16 15:14:00

Author:
Gilgamesh
Posts: 2536


"ICO DLC" doesn't work either. And when I put in "ICO Game" or "ICO Pack", it just excludes "ICO". What's even more strange, is that the search results page is blank! Even though there are several pages, all of them are...blank. :eek:

EDIT: Gilgamesh beat me to the first point in this post. But I'm having this weird bug in the second point.

EDIT 2: Now whenever I try to search specific stuff (such as "world"), the results are still blank. But some search items (such as "Castle") work as normal.
2010-02-16 15:16:00

Author:
Beed28
Posts: 200


ico/SOTC


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2010-02-16 15:23:00

Author:
robotiod
Posts: 2662


This is a limitation of the forum software AFAIK. You can't use search terms with less than four letters. I *think* there would be a performance issue if it was modified to allow 3-letter word searches, but I'm no expert. So yeah, I don't think there's any way around it.
Exactly. What happens is, the search engine has to sort through every single post and thread, counting up the words with four or more letters and sorting them into a variety of categories, building what is called a "search cache". If we allowed the cache to collect words with three letters, the cache would grow exponentially for a very minimal benefit. Most three letter words are not search-worthy (the, not, are, etc) and would just clutter the system, slowing down searches for everyone.
2010-02-16 15:31:00

Author:
ConfusedCartman
Posts: 3729


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