How can i remove minimum length functionality in search

borrierulez wrote:

Ok, tx already for the answers, I'm getting really close now.

I removed if (Request.Params["Q"] != null) from catalogcontroller.cs i set the minimumlenght of the keyword to 0

Now when I go to advanced search, I remove the keyword text, select the manufacturer, select the category and the search works perfectly!!! HURRAY!! :)

Now the next step would be to get to the advanced search immidiatly and remove the keyword box (because i just want to get results from the 2 dropdownboxes and not by keyword)

Do you know how to do that? From the moment i remove the advanced searchbox option and do a search I get ALL results in stead of the selected dropdownboxes...

You can edit the stored procedure [dbo].[ProductLoadAllPaged]  for that , have a look at :
  AND  (
        @SearchKeywords = 0 or
        (
          -- search standard content
          patindex(@Keywords, p.name) > 0
          or patindex(@Keywords, p.size) > 0
          or patindex(@Keywords, pv.name) > 0
          or patindex(@Keywords, pv.sku) > 0
        --  or patindex(@Keywords, isnull(sao.name, '')) > 0
          --or (@SearchDescriptions = 1 and patindex(@Keywords, p.ShortDescription) > 0)
          or (@SearchDescriptions = 1 and patindex(@Keywords, p.FullDescription) > 0)
          or (@SearchDescriptions = 1 and patindex(@Keywords, pv.Description) > 0)
          --searching of the localized values
          --comment the lines below if you don't use it. It'll improve the performance
          --or (lp.LocaleKey = N'Name' and patindex(@Keywords, lp.LocaleValue) > 0)
          --or (@SearchDescriptions = 1 and lp.LocaleKey = N'ShortDescription' and patindex(@Keywords, lp.LocaleValue) > 0)
          --or (@SearchDescriptions = 1 and lp.LocaleKey = N'FullDescription' and patindex(@Keywords, lp.LocaleValue) > 0)
        )
      )
And comment out , depending on ur requirements

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