Advanced Search Field Character Length

Question

Is there any way to make an Advanced Search field longer than 50 characters? This generates so many unnecessary support requests because users cannot find something.

Comments

I see what you mean.  What maximum would you consider acceptable?  I don't want to leave it unlimited.

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It's hard to say because it depends on the field.  For example, 50% of our customer names are over 50 characters, so that's a common issue.

If there were no other option, I'd say 100 would alleviate most issues, however, as you have a "Max Length" constraint on Field Preferences, what about a "Max Search Length" constraint (defaulted at 50)?  (I know...sure, I can just pop that in. :) )

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That was helpful. I will set it at 200 and let you know via this issue when it is done.

Answer 1

As of dbFront 1.2.5, dbFront now has a 200 character limit on the search input fields. I decided it was not at this point worth it to make it configurable.