search issues

[bizpro]

How do I edit the search functions, as in, I am trying to search with word welcome but, it says it is this?

The search could not be completed because the search keywords were too short, too long, or too common.

And I notice alot of issues here with this, trying to search here on xf.

 

[Mike]

"welcome" is actually a stopword in MySQL (strangely).

 

[Paul B]

That's controlled by the SQL search function on the server.

Edit: Ninja'ed by Mike again

 

[bizpro]

so how to fix or how can i edit the stop words in search?

 

[Jake Bunce]

so how to fix or how can i edit the stop words in search?

I found this guide. It requires root access to the server:

http://w3guru.blogspot.com/2007/05/edit-mysql-stopword-list.html