Search by User Problem

Post by **tatewise** » 22 Nov 2012 10:56

I tried using the Original Search option and entered posted by user(s) as ChrisM.
The search found no matches because it inserted an @.
I removed the @ and Search again and it worked OK!

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PeterR · Post by **PeterR** » 22 Nov 2012 11:53

... whereas @PeterR and @tatewise both work with the @ prefix.

Post by **tatewise** » 22 Nov 2012 12:27

After a bit more experimentation it seems that ChrisM has a split personality ! !

If Cambiz or @Cambiz is used instead, then Search for posted by user(s) works correctly and finds all the Cambiz / ChrisM items!

Similarly, in Member List usually Search for ChrisM does not find him, but Cambiz does.
Although, occasionally ChrisM did work!

BTW:
I was wrong in first posting when I said it worked OK.
It was finding wherever 'ChrisM' appeared in the message body, not as a username, although he was usually the owner of the thread.

Cambiz · Post by **Cambiz** » 22 Nov 2012 16:09

I think I did amend my profile a little while ago

At the moment I have
USERNAME: Cambiz (I think elsewhere in FHUG or Calico Pie it is cambizz to make the waters even muddier)
NAME: ChrisM

I'm intrigued why you were looking for me.

Post by **tatewise** » 22 Nov 2012 21:19

I just wanted to check my recollection that you were involved in the recent amendments to the Wish List, in order to enter a Note near the end of thread Display Name Suffix On Diagrams, Focus Window, etc, regarding Wish List Ref 429, Show Name Prefix and Suffixes on all reports.

Allowing users to set their Login Username different from their Profile Name makes finding them in the Member List or including them in Original Search criteria almost impossible.

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