Advanced Search questions

[TonyG]

One would think after having posted over 1000 times I would know how to do things here, but....

trying to use the advanced search feature
-if I put the word female in the biography search field, I get every member in the database as a result. You know looking at the result biography info. So, what data is it actually searching when I enter something into the biography search field?
-the same with ICQ...if I put a number in the field I got back everybody not just the person with that number.
-are there wild card entries such as *

 

[Matthew D]

Hey Tony,
I am alittle confused on what you wanted to do.. I tried just using a few things like username contains and AOL handle contains and all I got back was a few records..

 

[TonyG]

I wanted to find females with over 500 posts.
I put nothing in the username field, female in the biography field and over 500 posts. The over 500 posts works but I got many male members with the female members.


When I entered someone's exact Yahoo id, I got every member as a result.


Also, trying to find all members who have an ICQ number, or instant message, etc. but I don't know how to do that.


Must I always have something in the username field?

 

[WriterDom]

I've never gotten the advanced search feature to work well either.

 

[Matthew D]

I know what you mean Tony, I just went and tried what you were talking about in your first post, I guess I need to read closer, and I couldnt get it to work without getting just about everyone in the master database.. I know there has to be a trick to it.. ummm, I wonder if Laurel might know how to make it work correctly...