RE: st: Statalist archives search box fails with multiple words

["Radwin, David" <dradwin@rti.org>]

It happened to me yesterday, but not consistently. That is, I was able to get results for some searches but not others.

One short term workaround would be to use another search engine like Google with a phrase like:

     Regression Model +site:stata.com

David

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-
> statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Dimitriy V. Masterov
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 1:32 PM
> To: Statalist
> Subject: Re: st: Statalist archives search box fails with multiple words
> 
> I am having the exact same issue.
> 
> DVM
> 
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Jorge Eduardo Pérez Pérez
> <jorge_perez@brown.edu> wrote:
> > Dear Statalist,
> >
> > As of today, the search box for the Statalist archives at stata.com
> > seems to be failing with multiple word queries, returning a "Invalid
> > Query Parameters" error message.
> >
> > If I remember correctly, this is not the default behavior.
> >
> > Here's an example:
> >
> >
> http://www.stata.com/gsearch.php?q=Regression+Model&site=stata&client=stat
> a&proxystylesheet=stata&output=xml_no_dtd&restrict=Statalist
> >
> > Can anybody replicate this? I am just posting this to the list to
> > check if other users have the same issue, and hoping that the staff at
> > stata.com notices and fixes it.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --------------------------------------------
> > Jorge Eduardo Pérez Pérez
> > Graduate Student
> > Department of Economics
> > Brown University


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