Moin,
On Sunday 02 April 2006 09:33, Arthur Guy wrote:
As far as I as I was aware it was one of those features of MySQL everyone was just aware of; whenever I do a MySQL instillation I always change this figure down to 3 because it affects the search on another site of mine.
Unfortunately, many people just want a wiki, and have no idea about MySQL (and they shouldn't actually need it).
The FAQ details the default 4 character feature of MySQL which people installing MediaWiki would read as part of the setup,
Hehe, that was a good one. Somebody reading the documentation, all the way through? *chokes on laughter*
they could then either change MySQL themselves or alter the default message themselves
I still think a better default message would cause less hairs pulled, for instance I was aware that you can somewhere change that, but I still end up searching for FAQ or similiar things on wikis, not getting any hits and then wonder why, totally forgetting that you need 4 letters and that this wiki probably forgot to change the default.
MAybe its even possible to read out the current limit from mysql and embed it into the message.
Best wishes,
Tels