[RESOLVED] Search on multiple keywords

[Spoo]

Hey

I'd like to search a Forum using multiple keywords,
such as shell and wait, and just get threads that
contain both keywords.

In the Search this Forum textbox,

• if I just enter shell wait, I will get many "hits" that have shell but not wait
• if I use quotes, as in "shell wait", I get same hits as above (but without either keyword hilighted in red)
• if I use "shell & wait" -- still the same

Is there a way to restrict the results such that
only those threads with both shell and wait in them
will be returned?

Spoo

[MartinLiss]

IMO the best way to go about it is to use Google to search this forum. Do something like

shell+wait+vbforums -bigresource

[kfcSmitty]

The actual search would be

site:vbforums.com "shell wait"

That would search vbforums.com for the exact term "shell wait"

[MartinLiss]

The actual search would be

site:vbforums.com "shell wait"

That would search vbforums.com for the exact term "shell wait"

Thanks, I had forgotten about site:vbforums.com

[Chris001]

Or search for shell and wait. That's what I always do.

+shell +wait also works.

[Spoo]

Thanks guys

kfc

I should have done a better job at the outset by
explaining that I did not need the 2 key words to
appear consecutively.

My understanding is that the use of quotes in Google
will restrict the search to, as you said, the exact
term "shell wait"

Great point, however, regarding use of site:vbforums.com

Chris and Marty

The shell and wait technique works great, and more
specifically, it even works in the Search this Forum
feature of vbForums.

I'm not quite sure how I missed that one. My bad.

EDIT:

BTW, it goes without saying that the vbForums' presentation
is better than Google's -- vbForum highlights the key words
in red; no need to hit Ctrl+F to find 'em.

Again, thanks all.

Spoo