[Cod-bugs] COD search function not working?

[Antanas Vaitkus]

Dear Fabian,

Glad to be of help and thank you for pointing that out. That specific
mirror seems
to be running a slightly outdated version of the website and indeed does
not currently
properly handle the search functionality.

Sincerely,
Antanas

On Mon, 2 May 2022 at 16:41, Krahl, Dr. Fabian <f.krahl at ifw-dresden.de>
wrote:

> Thanks! Yes that works.
>
> apparently I was on some mirror of your page? Go to
> nanocrystallography.org and I think you’ll be able to reproduce my issue.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> - Fabian Krahl
>
>
>
> *From:* Antanas Vaitkus <antanas.vaitkus90 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Montag, 2. Mai 2022 15:37
> *To:* Krahl, Dr. Fabian <f.krahl at ifw-dresden.de>
> *Cc:* cod-bugs at ibt.lt
> *Subject:* Re: [Cod-bugs] COD search function not working?
>
>
>
> Dear Dr. Fabian Krahl,
>
> The behaviour that you described would indeed be a bug, but I am unable to
> reproduce it.
>
> Steps that I took to try to reproduce the error:
>
> 1. Go to https://www.crystallography.net/cod/search.html
>
> 2. In the "1 to 8 elements" section type "Al" into one of the fields and
> "O" into another field. The values in the search fields should not contain
> the surrounding quotes.
>
> 3. Press the "Send" button.
>
> Upon doing this I get a result page with 9858 entries, first of which is
> "Al2 O3" (COD ID 1000017).
>
> Could you please try to search again just to make sure this was not a
> transient error? If the error still persists, could you please send some
> additional information about your setup (web browser name and version
> number, operating system name and version, etc.)?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Antanas Vaitkus
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2 May 2022 at 15:39, Krahl, Dr. Fabian <f.krahl at ifw-dresden.de>
> wrote:
>
> Hello Crystallography open database,
>
> Thanks for your fantastic service!
>
> I have issues with the search function: When I use the 1 to 8 elements
> search function and use “Al” and “O” (everything else left blank) I get the
> message: “*Result: There are no files matching your search criteria
> Searching elements including Al, O”*
>
> But when I use the number of distinct elements min and max “2” and “2” I
> get an (extensive) list also including Al2O3.
>
> I would expect Al2O3 also to pop up when searching for 1 to 8 elements. Is
> that disfunctional?
>
> Best regards
>
> Fabian Krahl
>
>
>
>
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Vilnius University,
Life Sciences Center,
Institute of Biotechnology,
room C521, Saulėtekio al. 7,
LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania

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