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Searching the forums for posts by a particular user
« on: May 15, 2006, 06:05:18 AM »
How can I search for posts (or topics really) by a particular user? 

I've tried the Advanced Search but this didn't work.  I put the user name in the "by user:" box but it gave no results, either with a * before the name, after the name or no * at all. 

Can anyone help?

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Re: Searching the forums for posts by a particular user
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2006, 06:39:51 AM »
It works correctly: eg complex *AWK and option - show as messages
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Re: Searching the forums for posts by a particular user
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2006, 06:58:40 AM »
I'm sorry but I still can't make this work. 

I have tried putting      *AWK         in the box and I ticked the box "show results as message" but I get the reply "Did you forget to put something to search for?". 

I think this is possibly because I haven't put anything in the main "Search for" box, but how do I search for ALL posts by a person?  Is there a wild card I can put in the "Search for" box?

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Re: Searching the forums for posts by a particular user
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2006, 07:36:26 AM »
Click user name on the members list (or near any post header) to see user profile and click show posts.
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Re: Searching the forums for posts by a particular user
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2006, 08:15:03 AM »
In advanced search:
put eg: complex in search for: field
*AWK in by user: field
and mark Show results as messages option.
Then search!
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