A user told me about a query that did not return the expected result list. He was simply searching for the three letters »3.2« (three dot two). This should return a long list of hits. However, the result list was empty. So I had to enhance the algorithm a little bit.

The problem was caused by the way MTLookup worked. The dot was regarded as a delimiter, so in this special case the three-character string was broken into three parts: a three, a dot, and a two. As each of the individual parts was too short - MTLookup only placed words with three characters into the index. Nothing was actually searched for.

I changed the code so that such search phrases are handled correctly. For example, you can now successfully search for...

• Better File Uploader 1.05
• Better MT Blogroll 2.01

If you find something strange with the search results, please send a message to me. The feedback button is right below the search button. Thank you.

mgs | 10/30/2005

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