Error when searching within messages - needs fixing

[Chewy]

Search for any special characters like #, $, %

I was looking for $ and it gives an application error. Let me know if you need screenshot, but I'm pretty sure everyone will get it.

"Search Category" (on thread level) at least gives a friendly user error and page:
"Your search contained ignored words, ignored words are words like a,and,to,between.Please re-construct your search without these ignored words."

"Search these messages" just blows up.

 

[allisolm]

In this thread, How do I search for threads I posted? Jason says "There is a character limit on the search right now it wont search for anything less than or equal to 2. It will be looked at later." Apparently, later hasn't come yet. 🙁

 

[Chewy]

It's not about getting no results for searching <= 2 chars though. It's about error handling. The page shouldn't blow up when it searches for a character - it should say "Sorry, but you've entered an invalid search string" or something like that.

 

[allisolm]

So sorry. I misunderstood. And here I thought I could actually point to an answer, albeit an unsatisfactory one. 🙁 Do I have it right now - you don't care that it won't search for those characters, you're only unhappy with the form the error message takes?

 

[Chewy]

No need for the sad face. Turn that frown upside down. But yup, you got it. It's just a case that's not handled. Easy fix 🙂