Searching in SDB - has it changed?

[Rachel]

Have they changed the way you search in your SDB? coz i'm sure you used to be able to use % as a wild card, but its not working anymore.

I was trying to search for any plushies i had in there and typed "%plushie%" and it returned with:

You can't find anything like '%plushie%' in your Safety Deposit Box
Please make sure that you have entered the name of the item you are searching for.

Anyone know when this changed? or am i just searching wrong?

EDIT: it works for "elixir" and "toy" but if i type "plushie" it says i need to be more specific, whats going on??

[pengo313]

I've never used the % as a wildcard. Normally I just type part of the name and it comes up. For example for bri codestone I just type "code" (no quote marks though) and it pulls up every codestone I have. Or if I'm looking for a specific color I type that color (red, blue green etc...) and it pulls up every item I have that is of that specified color. Sorry - no clue as to your question!!

[Lady Night]

Not that I can tell, it still works fine for me.

just try not to use any wildcard characters and you should be fine

[Katy]

I've had the problem a few times where it says a word is not specific enough. "Blue" comes to mind, even though I don't think I have a lot of blue items in my SDB. "Plushie" is also like that for me, so I'm not sure if there's a secret list or it actually checks what's in your SDB and, if too many items are returned, tells you to be more specific.

Last edited by Katy on Sun Mar 13, 2005 3:49 am, edited 1 time in total.

[Qanda]

Once I was searching for a codestone and I typed in its name ("lu", "eo" etc, I can't remember). It said I needed to be more specific. Probably if there are too many items which fit your search requirements, they will tell you that.

[oliverrr]

I used to search ' ', because then it bringed up most of the items that had a space in so i could remove more items in same time. sad they disabled it...

[Carolinerogan]

Searching for Lu won't work as you need to enter at leat 3 letters.

[Asparagus Queen]

You should just have to type in part of it anyway... when I type in "aspara" in my SDB search box, it comes up with everything that has those letters in it - even "Clockwork Asparagus Chia"...
And "ome" comes up with everything from omelettes to gnomes to a homemade buggy.

Edit: Although when I typed in Blue, it did say be more specific, instead of coming up with Blue Bouncy Ball.

[DragonHawk]

I think there's certain words you can't search for, because I had about 25 blue items and couldn't search because it was too vague, and when I took them all out, it still tells me to be more specific. No problem searching red, yellow, or green though.