Bug #3257 Advanced search inconveniences
Submitted: 22 Mar 2004 5:41 Modified: 9 Apr 2005 20:19
Reporter: Sergei Kulakov (Candidate Quality Contributor) Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Websites: bugs.mysql.com Severity:S4 (Feature request)
Version: OS:
Assigned to: Indrek Siitan CPU Architecture:Any

[22 Mar 2004 5:41] Sergei Kulakov 
Description:
The advanced bug search page http://bugs.mysql.com/search.php does not remember my search conditions. For ex., I'd like to make multiple seaches for bugs with ANY status and of ANY severity, and I have to select these EVERY time I return to the page.

How to repeat:
1. http://bugs.mysql.com/search.php
2. select status=any and enter any other condition (OS=Windows), search
3. On the results page, click the "Advanced search" link in the upper left corner.
4. Enjoy the brand-new search page

Suggested fix:
Use cookies or something (IE userdata), oh my God!
[22 Mar 2004 15:05] Dean Ellis 
Just changing this to a feature request.  We have some plans for the bugs database which should resolve this sort of thing, also.
[19 Jul 2004 20:05] Indrek Siitan 
Sergei,

sorry for not getting to this earlier.

We have now changed the search to use the GET method, so you should
be able to bookmark searches. No-one else has requested the feature
you described - does bookmarking do it for you or do you still want to
keep this open as a feature request (though it'll be a very low priority
one)?
[20 Jul 2004 11:36] Sergei Kulakov 
I use the advanced search page quite seldom, so it is not of high priority to me. Still, bookmarking is a different thing - editing a URL in the address bar does not seem a convenient way to tweak search conditions. I just think it is so obvious - to remember input fields data, and it is not hard to implement.
[14 Feb 2005 22:54] Bugs System 
No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".
[15 Feb 2005 7:42] Sergei Kulakov 
No feedback was demanded
[9 Apr 2005 20:19] Jim Winstead 
Search result pages now have a link to the search form that allows you to edit your query.