Search results don't seem to be sorted correctly
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potsy
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Is the search function sorted in order of when the thread was started and not the last post?
Madly ... and I don't understand why it works this way ... they are sorted in date order, but not the order we are expecting.
We are expecting them to sort by the date the THREAD was last updated. Right?
The search results actually sort by the date the POST containing your search query result was last updated.
As per your example of a search for dire straits - click the first entry in the search results and you'll jump part way into the thread to a post that contains "dire straits" and was posted on 14 Dec 2011 - 18:41. The next result leads to a post that was created on 13 Jan 2011 - 08:25. Next instance of a post with "dire straits" is 06 January 2011 - 07:46. And so it goes on, with each POST descending in date/time order.
So the results are not based on the thread, but rather on the date and time of the POST within the thread that contains your search query.
Hopefully that makes some sense.
Cheers,
Shaun
We are expecting them to sort by the date the THREAD was last updated. Right?
The search results actually sort by the date the POST containing your search query result was last updated.
As per your example of a search for dire straits - click the first entry in the search results and you'll jump part way into the thread to a post that contains "dire straits" and was posted on 14 Dec 2011 - 18:41. The next result leads to a post that was created on 13 Jan 2011 - 08:25. Next instance of a post with "dire straits" is 06 January 2011 - 07:46. And so it goes on, with each POST descending in date/time order.
So the results are not based on the thread, but rather on the date and time of the POST within the thread that contains your search query.
Hopefully that makes some sense.
Cheers,
Shaun
Thanks, Shaun. 
Do I understand why it does it? No.
Is 1 out of 2 enough for it to make sense?
Do I understand what it does now? Yes.
Do I understand why it does it? No.
Is 1 out of 2 enough for it to make sense?
Thanks, Shaun.
Do I understand what it does now? Yes.
Do I understand why it does it? No.
Is 1 out of 2 enough for it to make sense?
+1
summerdays
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What ... that you were searching for Dire Straits!!!
I'm with Norm on the sort order.... weird!
