[Zope-CMF] Portal Search Returns Everything + DeletedDocumentstoo

Shane Hathaway shane@zope.com
Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:31:25 -0400


Dieter Maurer wrote:
> Chris Withers writes:
>  > Dieter Maurer wrote:
>  > > 
>  > > No senseful person will send a query, he already knows the answer of!
>  > > 
>  > >   When empty queries return the empty sequence, they are useless.
>  > >   When they return all (accessible) results, they are useful.
>  > 
>  > I thought that method was only executed by a form search?
>  > 
>  > The only way I can see the above happening is if some monkey accidentally pounds
>  > on the search button with an empty search form, unneccessarily loading the
>  > server with a pointless ZCatalog search.
> You lack imagination ;-)
> 
> When I do not search for something specific, I simply press the
> search button. So, I am one of the monkeys you speak about.
> Just, that I do it for purpose and not accidentally.

FWIW, I am also a purposeful monkey. :-)  I click "Go" all the time just 
to find out what's there.  It's a nice feature, though not essential, 
since I often hack around limitations on less "imaginative" sites by 
searching for the word "the", getting about the same effect. ;-)

Shane