Unexpected search results with AND and OR
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	• bzimport
	May 22 2005, 1:05 PM

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Author: zigger

Description:
Using http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search , I get unexpected results
when the search includes the upper-case word AND. Here are some searches and
their results:

Expected results

1949
0 results: bug 42

born
92,326 results: ok

BORN
92,326 results: bug 1099

1949 born
92,326 results: bug 42 & bug 1099

and
674,190 results: ok

and born
679,813 results: bug 1099

1949 and born
679,813 results: bug 42 & bug 1099

Unexpected results

AND
search is temporarily unavailable: expected 679,813 results

AND born
search is temporarily unavailable: expected 679,813 results

1949 AND born
90 search results: expected 679,813 results

Version: 1.4.x
Severity: minor
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search

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Reference: bz2222

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 8:28 PM

• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-Search.

• bzimport set Reference to bz2222.

• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

• bzimport created this task.May 22 2005, 1:05 PM

zigger wrote:

See also bug 2091, where
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%22the+the%22&fulltext=Search
was also resulting in "search disabled" for a while.

zigger wrote:

Also:

or
319,082 results

OR
search disabled: expected at least 319,082 results

OR born
search disabled: expected at least 319,082 results

1949 OR born
92,326 results: expected at least 319,082 results

zigger wrote:

Here's another couple of search quirks (which may be related):

&
Sorry, there were no exact matches to your query

&&
"search is disabled"

& (using Go from the left navigation panel)
redirects to [[Ampersand]]

'and' and 'or' are just words, they have no special significance for searching.

zigger wrote:

(In reply to comment #4)

'and' and 'or' are just words, they have no special significance for searching.

Isn't that why the "unexpected results" should not have happened?

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