Paladin Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 There is now a link to the member search page located in the main navigation bar. This will allow users an quick link to find members, should be especially helpful if you want to PM a specific user or find their recent posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 It still looks like you have to have the exact name (not case-sensitive, it appears) to bring up who you want. As a parochial example, "larry" only brings up LARRY but not others that start with larry. Is there any way to un-restrict the filters? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 It looks like the search expects you to specify if you want to look for an exact username or perform a "wild-card" search on a partial username by using a wild-card operator, which is simply a special character. The wild-card operator can be either "%" or "*". The * operator is fairly ubiqutious for wild-card searching in many operating systems and other software, while those of you familiar with T-SQL commands might recoginze the % operator in LIKE comparisons (which I should imagine is really happening). In any case you can use either of these operators interchangably to do the following: If you want to find all users where the username begins with Larry enter either Larry% or Larry*The result here. If you want to find all users where the username ends with Larry, where it can begin with any string, enter either %Larry or *LarryThe result here. If you want to find all users where the username contains Larry with other preceeding or proceeding strings / characters enter %Larry% or *Larry*The result here. This information can be found by clicking the "?" help icon preceeding the search field on the members search page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 That's excellent, Mr. Paladin. Guess I'm not a Help habitue. Thanks so much! Larrywho? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 The guy is a real wizard, eh? Why have I been saying (or thinking, or typing) 'Eh' so much, eh? Have a groovy day, Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcott Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 There is now a link to the member search page located in the main navigation bar. This will allow users an quick link to find members, should be especially helpful if you want to PM a specific user or find their recent posts. Thanks. Your efforts are appreciated.[<)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InVeNtOr Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 i just used that, thanks for putting that in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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