set minimum search query length? newbie

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set minimum search query length? newbie

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infobih

Posts: 58

Posted: 10/19/2006, 12:24 PM

hi,
by default ccs search form give all search results when you hit submit button?
how can i set minimum query length, ie. 2 char to avoid crawlers to produce search results with zero strings?
thank you

peterr

Posts: 5971

Posted: 10/19/2006, 12:44 PM

There may be several approaches, for example you can try using JavaScript to validate length of the entered text:
http://www.google.com/search?q=javascript+validate+text+length
You can also use some ASP function to check a field's length and use standard server validation routine:
http://docs.codecharge.com/studio3/html/ProgrammingTech...Validation.html
http://docs.codecharge.com/studio3/html/ProgrammingTech...Validation.html

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