There seems to be much discussion of search issues but no index / gateway topic to all the issues which is prehaps why the duplication is occuring. So I have created the following table.

I think some of the topics on search functionality need refactoring. There seems to be much duplication of effort, and combining of issues. For Example: KeywordSearchWithImplicitAnd covers two issues, one of which also appears to be discussec in SearchSuggestion, SearchIsBroken? , and SearchEnhancementsWithAndOr.

-- SamHasler - 10 Feb 2003

Topic	TopicClassification	Changed:	By:
FormattedSearchPatternAndCount...	FeatureRequest	2008-06-03T09:18:41Z - 19	CrawfordCurrie
SupportAccessToArbitraryMetaDa...	FeatureRequest	2008-05-24T07:08:00Z - 16	CrawfordCurrie
GoodSortingForSearchResults	FeatureRequest	2008-05-16T07:07:10Z - 24	MartinSeibert
AllowIncludeOrSearchToChangeHe...	FeatureRequest	2008-04-09T04:03:46Z - 2	SvenDowideit
SimpleFieldQueriesInMETASEARCH	FeatureRequest	2008-03-18T06:53:28Z - 18	SvenDowideit
AddAttachmentsVarToFormattedSe...	FeatureRequest	2008-03-18T06:52:23Z - 7	SvenDowideit
SearchWordDocsPlugin	FeatureRequest	2008-03-17T14:14:27Z - 2	GuilhermeGarnier
ResearchSurveyOnWikiAdoption	TWikiDevQuestion	2008-03-07T04:43:47Z - 2	PeterThoeny
SummaryBasedOnSearchTerms	FeatureRequest	2008-02-15T12:24:33Z - 23	CrawfordCurrie
SearchWithTWikiQueryLanguage	FeatureRequest	2008-02-06T00:06:11Z - 49	ArthurClemens
ResearchSurveyOfCorporateWikiU...	TWikiDevQuestion	2008-02-02T19:56:24Z - 12	PeterThoeny
DecisionOnNativeSearch	FeatureRequest	2007-10-31T06:56:08Z - 5	PeterThoeny
NativeSearch	TWikiCommunity	2007-09-27T10:13:38Z - 27	CrawfordCurrie
SearchAttachmentContent	FeatureBrainstorming	2007-09-16T10:29:23Z - 9	MarkusHesse
SearchAttachments	FeatureBrainstorming	2007-09-16T10:28:34Z - 14	MarkusHesse
GoogleAjaxSearchDevelopment	BrainstormingIdea	2007-08-14T05:03:24Z - 15	KeithHelfrich
FormattedSearchRegexCantReturn...	TWikiDevQuestion	2007-07-28T23:56:42Z - 6	PeterThoeny
PurePerlBackendForSearch	FeatureBrainstorming	2007-07-01T09:53:15Z - 16	RichardDonkin
SoundexSearch	FeatureRequest	2007-06-02T21:18:15Z - 3	MichaelDaum
DefaultTextInSearch	FeatureRequest	2007-05-31T01:47:16Z - 2	PeterThoeny
AddFooterParameterToSEARCH	FeatureRequest	2007-05-30T04:56:16Z - 7	PeterThoeny
SearchResultsPagination	FeatureRequest	2007-05-29T23:08:32Z - 26	PeterThoeny
KeywordSearch	FeatureRequest	2007-05-08T02:28:10Z - 27	PeterThoeny
FormSearches	FeatureEnhancementRequest	2007-04-24T02:22:17Z - 20	PeterThoeny
EmptySearchAndSpreadsheetProbl...	BugReport	2007-04-24T02:19:49Z - 5	PeterThoeny
SearchOrderOnFormfieldNoCase	FeatureRequest	2007-03-13T16:34:47Z - 2	PeterThoeny
StrangeGoingsOnWithSearch	TWikiDevQuestion	2007-02-27T13:33:29Z - 15	StephaneLenclud
BacklinksSearchDoesNotWork	BugReport	2006-11-28T23:34:47Z - 49	SteveStark
PerlfectSearch	GatewayTopic	2006-11-16T21:02:23Z - 1	ArthurClemens
PrintviewOfParameterisedSearch	FeatureRequest	2006-10-22T22:22:09Z - 11	ThomasWeigert
SecurityAlertExecuteCommandsWi...	FeatureRequest	2006-10-08T02:14:14Z - 51	SvenDowideit
SearchWithRegexSort	BrainstormingIdea	2006-10-06T17:11:27Z - 3	CraigMeyer
RegexSearchWithEmbeddedKeyword...	FeatureRequest	2006-09-02T01:07:43Z - 11	PeterThoeny
NestedKeywordSearch	Select one...	2006-08-22T17:58:17Z - 1	CrawfordCurrie
MakeMETASEARCHSimilarToSEARCH	FeatureRequest	2006-08-17T09:16:19Z - 10	AlexSchuilenburg
FormattedSearchWithNewlineFilt...	FeatureRequest	2006-08-01T06:19:13Z - 6	PeterThoeny
GoogleDesktopSearch	BrainstormingIdea	2006-07-26T03:52:14Z - 4	PeterThoeny
FlamencoSearch	GatewayTopic	2006-07-17T22:07:15Z - 2	PeterThoeny
SearchedURIsCanChange		2006-07-08T02:18:24Z - 46	PeterThoeny
WikiResearchMailingList	DefineTerm	2006-07-06T22:40:50Z - 1	PeterThoeny
SearchIndex	BrainstormingIdea	2006-06-27T11:38:14Z - 3	ArthurClemens
FormattedSearchWithParentTopic	FeatureDone	2006-06-27T00:08:47Z - 2	ArthurClemens
SearchEngineOptimization	TWikiDevQuestion	2006-06-11T13:10:32Z - 4	ArthurClemens
RandomSearchOrder	FeatureRequest	2006-06-08T19:58:26Z - 2	PeterThoeny
SearchText	TWikiDevQuestion	2006-06-07T18:46:04Z - 1	ShawnPFitzgerald
SomeSearchedTWikis	TWikiCommunity	2006-06-03T11:49:57Z - 22	MeredithLesly
FirefoxTWikiSearchPlugin	BrainstormingIdea	2006-06-01T04:35:24Z - 3	RafaelAlvarez
HighlightSearchTerms	FeatureEnhancementRequest	2006-05-20T23:55:08Z - 5	ArthurClemens
SearchCgiScript	TWikiDevDoc	2006-05-04T00:54:33Z - 3	SamHasler
UiSearchDotPm	TWikiDevDoc	2006-05-04T00:37:44Z - 3	SamHasler
SearchDotPm	TWikiDevDoc	2006-05-04T00:26:57Z - 7	SamHasler
GoIsSearch	FeatureRequest	2006-04-29T11:32:39Z - 37	SamHasler
SearchByCreateDate	FeatureRequest	2006-04-29T10:26:18Z - 12	TobiasRoeser
SearchByMultipleTags	FeatureRequest	2006-04-18T03:46:15Z - 1	GreenLaw
SearchByDate	FeatureRequest	2006-03-30T20:03:08Z - 35	TobiasRoeser
SelectableSearchResults	TWikiDevQuestion	2006-03-13T01:20:39Z - 3	PeterThoeny
SearchWithImplicitAnd		2006-03-09T19:51:21Z - 3	PeterThoeny
NationalCharactersEncodedInSea...	FeatureBrainstorming	2006-03-09T17:14:19Z - 2	CrawfordCurrie
FormattedSearchSectionVariable	FeatureRequest	2006-02-27T04:01:50Z - 5	PeterThoeny
FormattedSearchCountVariable	FeatureRequest	2006-02-27T03:21:06Z - 2	PeterThoeny
AddFormatToMetaSearch	FeatureRequest	2006-02-25T15:55:44Z - 5	ArthurClemens
FormattedSearchRegexCountVaria...	FeatureRequest	2006-02-23T21:55:22Z - 12	LynnwoodBrown
CategorySearch	GatewayTopic	2006-02-15T00:57:35Z - 1	PeterThoeny
FormattedSearchFailing	BugResolved	2006-02-04T09:04:53Z - 6	PeterThoeny
BadTwikiNamesCauseSearchToFail	BugReport	2006-01-27T19:02:50Z - 5	NicolasRaibaut
SearchedTopicnameCannotContain...	BugReport	2006-01-19T17:55:19Z - 3	NicolasRaibaut
CannotExcludeL10NTopicFromSear...	BugReport	2006-01-17T19:53:29Z - 2	NicolasRaibaut
VariableExpansionBugInFormatte...	BugReport	2006-01-12T06:06:23Z - 1	DickFurnas
TopicCreateDateInFormattedSear...	FeatureDone	2006-01-03T08:41:45Z - 6	PeterThoeny
SearchTopicNameAndTopicText	FeatureDone	2006-01-03T08:36:44Z - 18	PeterThoeny
FormattedSearchWithSeparatorPa...	FeatureDone	2006-01-03T08:25:21Z - 10	PeterThoeny
FormattedSearch	FeatureRequest	2006-01-03T08:24:42Z - 30	PeterThoeny
ExcludeWebTopicsFromSearch	FeatureDone	2006-01-03T08:23:30Z - 14	PeterThoeny
SearchOrderAndLimitBehavour	FeatureRequest	2005-12-15T22:15:52Z - 4	PeterThoeny
ReplaceGoBoxBySearchBox	NextGeneration	2005-10-18T17:53:42Z - 14	SteffenPoulsen
FormattedSearchIgnoresAccessPe...	BugReport	2005-10-03T23:35:24Z - 1	HolmRauchfuss
FormattedSearchinTopics	FeatureBrainstorming	2005-09-30T20:53:26Z - 5	WillNorris
InternalServerErrorOnInvalidRe...	BugReport	2005-09-30T19:00:53Z - 2	PeterThoeny
WhyDoesWebSearchContainASearch...	FeatureRequest	2005-09-04T19:22:41Z - 16	ArthurClemens
FormattedSearchFormTesting	AdminTopic	2005-09-01T19:03:10Z - 12	ArthurClemens
InfiniteLoopInSearchInPatternS...	BugDuplicate	2005-08-29T09:40:25Z - 3	FrancescoLovergine
SearchInTemplateHangsTWiki	BugReport	2005-08-21T09:54:19Z - 23	JamesMollison
SearchEngineIndexOnlyPlainView	FeatureRequest	2005-07-18T12:48:07Z - 19	CrawfordCurrie
UserTopicTemplateNotFoundCompa...	BugReport	2005-07-02T17:53:23Z - 2	WillNorris
CaseSensitiveFlagInSearchIncon...	BugReport	2005-06-30T13:18:50Z - 4	ThomasWeigert
FindGrepsUsingSearchPath	FeatureRequest	2005-06-27T23:13:10Z - 6	WillNorris
SearchMessesUpPath	BugReport	2005-06-26T06:36:48Z - 9	CrawfordCurrie
SearchCantUseStringError	BugReport	2005-06-21T17:30:32Z - 5	SvenDowideit
SummaryLinesOnTablesFromSearch...	FeatureRequest	2005-06-06T22:45:12Z - 4	SamHasler
SkinSearchPath	FeatureRequest	2005-05-23T02:28:58Z - 27	WillNorris
AddExcludeWebParamToSearch	FeatureRequest	2005-05-01T20:24:45Z - 9	ArthurClemens
SearchByFormField	FeatureRequest	2005-04-20T18:53:01Z - 3	LynnwoodBrown
SearchSuggestion	FeatureDone	2005-04-14T16:28:36Z - 27	DanielKabs
SecurityAlertExecuteCommandsWi...	TWikiCommunity	2005-04-07T21:08:07Z - 34	TravisBarker
AddSearchToFuncInterface	CodeRefactor	2005-04-01T11:09:20Z - 10	CrawfordCurrie
UnfriendlyErrorMsgWithInvalidR...	BugReport	2005-03-30T23:49:37Z - 1	PeterThoeny
WebChangesCalledFromWebSearchB...	BugReport	2005-03-08T13:47:15Z - 2	CrawfordCurrie
SearchShouldRespectAccessContr...	BugReport	2005-03-06T10:23:36Z - 5	CrawfordCurrie
SearchForAttachments	FeatureEnhancementRequest	2005-02-24T16:58:01Z - 6	FranzJosefSilli
NoSearchResultsForALLOWWEBVIEW	FeatureRequest	2005-02-21T16:26:30Z - 7	CrawfordCurrie
MetaSearch	FeatureRequest	2005-02-21T05:57:50Z - 14	MattWilkie
SearchFailsIfStartedWithDash	BugReport	2005-02-15T23:34:21Z - 4	SamHasler
FormattedSearchWithNesting	FeatureRequest	2005-02-15T23:31:51Z - 10	SamHasler
SearchWithAnd	FeatureRequest	2005-02-15T22:53:14Z - 7	SamHasler
PrecalculateSearchResultCount	FeatureRequest	2005-02-15T08:18:16Z - 4	CrawfordCurrie
SearchsTooManyDirectories	BugReport	2005-02-15T01:41:26Z - 4	SamHasler
FixUnixProblemInSearch	BugReport	2005-02-14T16:56:21Z - 6	SamHasler
FormattedSearchWithSummary	FeatureRequest	2005-02-13T15:50:54Z - 10	SamHasler
FormattedSearchFormfieldEncode	FeatureRequest	2005-02-05T19:25:18Z - 1	SamHasler
FormattedSearchSummaryWithExpa...	FeatureRequest	2005-02-04T08:07:21Z - 2	PeterThoeny
BugInfiniteRecursionInSearch	FeatureRequest	2005-01-17T22:58:15Z - 12	SamHasler
METASEARCHdefautParameterDoesn...	BugReport	2005-01-03T09:43:10Z - 1	CrawfordCurrie
ExtendMETASEARCHForFieldValues	Select one...	2005-01-03T09:08:17Z - 1	CrawfordCurrie
QueryByExampleSearch	FeatureEnhancementRequest	2004-12-13T12:17:36Z - 11	AntonAylward
MetaTableSearch	FeatureEnhancementRequest	2004-11-12T00:13:11Z - 7	SamHasler
FormattedSearchLacksSummaryTyp...	BugRejected	2004-10-27T08:01:35Z - 3	MartinCleaver
FormattedSearchSummaryDoesNotR...	TWikiDevQuestion	2004-10-26T19:02:48Z - 1	MartinCleaver
RecursiveSearchingForAllGroupM...	FeatureBrainstorming	2004-10-05T19:23:47Z - 7	FranzJosefSilli
HistoricizedSearch	FeatureBrainstorming	2004-09-24T13:54:15Z - 3	MarioFrasca
SecurityViewOnSearchChangesNot...	FeatureEnhancementRequest	2004-09-11T08:40:03Z - 7	GuidoBrugnara
InlineSearchArgListTooLong	BugResolved	2004-08-20T10:09:12Z - 5	CrawfordCurrie
ArgumentListIsTooLongForSearch	FeatureDone	2004-08-16T05:57:31Z - 5	PeterThoeny
FormattedSearchUsesTitleInstea...	BugResolved	2004-07-23T07:22:55Z - 2	PeterThoeny
TopicParamInSearchDoesnotExpan...	BugRejected	2004-07-18T03:39:01Z - 3	VinodKulkarni
MoreNestedSearchLevels	FeatureToDo	2004-07-10T06:34:06Z - 2	PeterThoeny
KeywordSearchWithImplicitAnd	FeatureUnderConstruction	2004-05-20T06:10:14Z - 44	PeterThoeny
FormattedSearchWithConditional...	FeatureDone	2004-05-20T06:10:13Z - 4	PeterThoeny
MetaDataBreaksSearch	FeatureEnhancementRequest	2004-05-20T06:10:12Z - 20	PeterThoeny
AddGoogleFormToSearch	FeatureHack	2004-05-03T19:37:22Z - 7	MattWilkie
WhatAboutSearchEngines		2004-05-03T19:24:18Z - 10	MattWilkie
FormattedSearchPatternExtracti...	BugResolved	2004-04-28T06:47:10Z - 8	PeterThoeny
TypeRegexSearchDoesNotWorkAsEx...	BugResolved	2004-04-28T06:45:22Z - 2	PeterThoeny
SearchDoesNotWorkAsExpected	FeatureDone	2004-03-18T06:58:21Z - 17	PeterThoeny
ExpandVariablesOnFormattedSear...	FeatureDone	2004-03-12T01:35:56Z - 2	PeterThoeny
SortSearchByTopicCreateDate	FeatureDone	2004-03-05T09:43:00Z - 1	PeterThoeny
FormattedSearchNotBehavingItse...	BugRejected	2004-03-02T10:03:02Z - 5	CrawfordCurrie
FormattedSearchWithSubstitutio...	FeatureBrainstorming	2004-02-24T13:12:28Z - 4	SvenDowideit
FormattedSearchFormnameVariabl...	FeatureDone	2004-02-15T21:09:37Z - 4	PeterThoeny
InvertedSearchFeature	FeatureDone	2004-02-14T09:05:08Z - 7	PeterThoeny
SearchEnhancements	FeatureDone	2004-02-09T03:18:38Z - 22	AndreUlrich
AllowSearchAlsoInRevisions	FeatureBrainstorming	2004-02-07T23:38:00Z - 4	MichaelSparks
SearchScopeForTopicAndText	DocsToDo	2004-01-20T07:31:01Z - 9	PeterThoeny
WebSearchAdvanced		2004-01-18T10:53:40Z - 1	PeterThoeny
WebSearch		2004-01-18T10:44:26Z - 6	PeterThoeny
ShortUserNameInFormattedSearch	FeatureDone	2004-01-03T09:41:45Z - 13	PeterThoeny
SearchWithNoPipe	FeatureDone	2004-01-03T09:33:41Z - 20	PeterThoeny
MultipleSearchesInSameTopic	FeatureDone	2004-01-03T09:03:21Z - 22	PeterThoeny
SearchDocumentationError	BugRejected	2004-01-03T08:35:54Z - 6	PeterThoeny
SearchAndSecurity	BugResolved	2004-01-01T11:27:12Z - 8	SvenDowideit
SearchWebHasTooManyParameters	FeatureDone	2003-12-17T17:33:37Z - 15	PeterThoeny
FormattedSearchAcrossMultipleW...	TWikiDevQuestion	2003-12-02T22:22:15Z - 4	LynnwoodBrown
SearchInINCLUDE	FeatureEnhancementRequest	2003-11-15T00:18:20Z - 3	RaymondLutz
BetterSearchOutputFormatting	FeatureEnhancementRequest	2003-11-05T14:10:00Z - 1	SamHasler
XSearchAnomaly	BugResolved	2003-11-01T10:14:19Z - 2	PeterThoeny
SearchMultipleWebsUnifiedOutpu...	FeatureBrainstorming	2003-11-01T09:58:57Z - 7	PeterThoeny
RefBySearchMissesLinks	BugReport	2003-09-18T08:23:01Z - 2	RichardDonkin
SearchDotPmInvokesGrepUnsafely	BugDuplicate	2003-09-14T23:46:00Z - 3	PeterThoeny
SearchInTwikiForms	FeatureBrainstorming	2003-09-04T17:48:07Z - 6	MattPounsett
SearchUnInitVar	BugResolved	2003-07-20T01:57:43Z - 2	MichaelSparks
PhotonSearch	FeatureUnderConstruction	2003-06-14T13:03:26Z - 17	EstebanManchado
SearchModuleDependency	TWikiDevQuestion	2003-06-10T16:38:50Z - 1	DavidSachitano
SearchingWithFixedTerms	TWikiDevQuestion	2003-06-07T07:17:30Z - 5	PeterThoeny
SearchAndSpreadSheetPluginProb...	BugRejected	2003-05-08T06:07:00Z - 7	PeterThoeny
SearchFormattingParsingBroken	BugRejected	2003-05-05T00:18:00Z - 2	PeterThoeny
IgnoreWebIfNotSearchHit	FeatureDone	2003-04-28T15:59:58Z - 5	ColasNahaboo
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