On 19 Oct 99, 23:39, Daniel Guevel wrote:
> as this post continues, I will ask one more.
>
> I tried the search engine at the site, by email:
[...snipped long URL...]
> How is it that I get no results?.
>
> Your Search was for: "john+ssabunnya".
> No stories match the query "john+ssabunnya".
>
>
> I guess the problem must be the " and + sign . The + must be ok. I tried
> with and without ".
>
> I will check again, but if you get it ok, let me know. I think this
> engine could be a good resource.
When entering full, proper names into a search box and when the search
engine allows it, one should enter the name enclosed in quotes:
"John Ssabunnya" <--- quote marks " " included.
http://news2.thls.bbc.co.uk/scripts/query.idq?
CiRestriction=%22John+Ssabunnya%22&CiMaxRecordsPerPage=32
&CiScope=Hi&TemplateName=query&CiSort=rank%5Bd%5D
Daniel, do you see the %22 in the above URL? That tells the server to
place quote marks (hex code 22) at that point in the URL.
That search results in the one page that I earlier referenced.
Alan
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