AVR-Chat

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Hylands" <dhylands@b...> wrote:
> Hi Phil,
> 
> You can do your query like this:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AVR-Chat/messagesearch/300?query=rs485
> 
> Replace the 300 with the message number that you'd like to start
> searching with (it searches from that number and lower), and 
replace the
> rs485 with your query.
> 

you sure about that?  I tried it and it still seemed to limit the 
search range to about 400 messages.  for example, replace 300 with 
1000 and it says "Searched Messages 1000-618 of 4489".  it only seems 
to change the starting point - not exactly an improvement.

I've looked at PGoffline but that seems like the hard way to search 
though once you get the messages, its more like what I've come to 
expect.  I just use google to find stuff and dont bother with yahoo 
group search unless I'm *really* desperate.  I guess yahoo wants me 
to use google.  wish there was a google groups (yeah, I know, 
usenet...).

Hi Phil,

You can do your query like this:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AVR-Chat/messagesearch/300?query=rs485

Replace the 300 with the message number that you'd like to start
searching with (it searches from that number and lower), and replace the
rs485 with your query.

If you type in a query, you can see this if you hover over the Next
button. In IE you can right click on the Next button and choose 'Copy
Shortcut', and then paste into the address bar and modify, then press
return.

I haven't used it, but there is a program called PGOffline that will
download all of the messages of a group to your harddrive and allow you
to perform more advanced searches.
http://www.pgoffline.com/

--
Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil [mailto:phil1960us@yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 10:52 AM
> To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [AVR-Chat] Re: Searching the yahoo archive
> 
> 
> this has been a major complaint of mine.  There is a next link that 
> will search the next month or so of postings.  what a crock.  search 
> should be search all, not this interactive POS.  I'm sure they did it 
> to lower the load on their server farm but why not just parameterize 
> the search for range of files or dates with defaults that keep their 
> load low?  They took the laziest way out.  I wish there was an 
> alternative to Y groups.
> 
> --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "George Smith" <buggies@b...> wrote:
> > Can I only search the last couple of hundred messages in the
> archive?
> > Even if I go to the first page (messages 1 - 30) it still only
> searches the last 4xxx-4xxx.
> > 
> > 
> > George Smith