http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/03/14/board-games-search/ We're journaling the development of FastMovingGames, our new online service for board gamers - read on for previews, tech insights, and news of the launch! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:11:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/03/14/board-games-search/#comment-60 Dan Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:58:43 +0000 http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/03/14/board-games-search/#comment-60 I've had to implement some anti-spam measures on the blog due to the amount of automated spam that I get through the comments. This JS/Cookie thing is a side-effect of that, but glad to see your post still came through though. I’ve had to implement some anti-spam measures on the blog due to the amount of automated spam that I get through the comments. This JS/Cookie thing is a side-effect of that, but glad to see your post still came through though.

]]> http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/03/14/board-games-search/#comment-59 Dan Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:57:33 +0000 http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/03/14/board-games-search/#comment-59 Good call - I thought about using a simple wildcard search failing anything else, although this isn't great with large number of records and on a performant web database - still, could use gamename% without first wildcard to at least force using an index. Good call - I thought about using a simple wildcard search failing anything else, although this isn’t great with large number of records and on a performant web database - still, could use gamename% without first wildcard to at least force using an index.

]]> http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/03/14/board-games-search/#comment-58 AJ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:52:32 +0000 http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/03/14/board-games-search/#comment-58 PS: The first time I submitted that comment, I got an error from the Wordpress system saying "please enable javascript and cookies on your browser", I clicked back, and then submit again and it worked... weird. PS: The first time I submitted that comment, I got an error from the Wordpress system saying “please enable javascript and cookies on your browser”, I clicked back, and then submit again and it worked… weird.

]]> http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/03/14/board-games-search/#comment-57 AJ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:51:34 +0000 http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/03/14/board-games-search/#comment-57 Maybe you could throw in a simple "contains" search for luck. The natural language search is great as you say, but what if the site in the case of a zero-result natural language search does a super simple "games.name LIKE '%$search_string%'" type WHERE clause, as well as the SOUNDS LIKE that you are using for the similar results. Just tested it on my server and it is happy to look for little words, even "the" is acceptable. Maybe you could throw in a simple “contains” search for luck. The natural language search is great as you say, but what if the site in the case of a zero-result natural language search does a super simple “games.name LIKE ‘%$search_string%’” type WHERE clause, as well as the SOUNDS LIKE that you are using for the similar results. Just tested it on my server and it is happy to look for little words, even “the” is acceptable.

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