[Mediawiki-l] Search problem

[Katharina Wolkwitz]

Hi,

I've just tested a bit and found that in my wiki (MediaWiki 1.16.2, PHP 	5.3.5
(apache2handler), MySQL 5.5.8) I can search IP addresse with the dots/periods as
if the dots/periods were just any other letter (so I find all occurances of the
IP 194.94.3.130 or the IP-"beginning" 194.94.3).

Searching for words with dashes only works by putting the word inside " ".
For example searching for server-update finds all pages with either the word
server or the word update, whereas "server-update" finds only those pages with
the exact word server-update.

But all that is just the result of try-and-error and I'm sure that this list is
read by those people who know the wherefor-and-whys of mediawiki-programming. :-)

Greetings
Kate

Am 17.03.2011 13:41 schrieb Tolliver:
> Hello,
> 
> I am having a problem with the Search feature. I have checked 
> Mediawiki.org's Archives, and found references to my problem, but no 
> resolution.
> 
> The issue is with using dashes & periods; hence, searching for IP 
> addresses returns either nothing, or all instances of IP addresses, 
> depending on the syntax I use.
> 
> What is the proper syntax for searching when periods or dashes are included?
> 
> Configuration:
> MediaWiki 1.16.0
> PHP 5.1.6
> MySQL 5.0.77