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Originally Posted by dancey
Allowing non-quoted < 3 character searches would create problematic queries in that searching for 'i', 'iv', 'v', 'vi' would return results where the album contained the letter 'i', 'v', the letters 'iv' (ex: Live), 'vi' (ex: Video). That's a problem both for the user (too many results) and the database (returning so many results).
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Interesting. I had no idea that the search matches partial words.
Out of curiosity, is *that* behavior considered desirable or typical of search engines? This is to say: if we want a search where "oun" returns every album containing "sound," then it's understandable that a search for 'final fantasy iv' (without quotes) can't be accepted. But is it the former behavior considered beneficial (or beneficial enough) to be worth sacrificing the latter?