Search by Name in Addition to Search by ID

Search by Name in Addition to Search by ID Improving search tool

#1 CanadaJay

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Joined: 2020-May-24

Posted 2021-January-22, 10:27

It would be helpful, in my opinion, to be able to find the BBO IDs of specific individuals (e.g., specific World Class players members may wish to follow) by entering their names. Including a feature to search by ID/name would help.

#2 Gerardo

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Posted 2021-January-22, 10:57

Search looks into the Real name GIVEN to BBO. (Edit: People -> Search)

There is no guarantee the World Class player(s) you are looking for had attached their real name to their BBO ID. (It should be there if they asked for a star, however this is optative).

#3 0 carbon

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Posted 2021-March-02, 15:05

Why not an available "Advanced Search" with fields for

ID:_____________________

Real Name: _____________________

Country/Region: _____________________

Other: _____________________
Notes by me: _____________________

Skill level: Private/Novice/Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced/Expert/World Class
Prime Yes/No

Friend/Ignored/Neutral
Compatibility: 1 2 3 4 5 (tho this seems to have been abandoned by BBO)
Personal Convention Cards:_____________________

- CC Partner: _____________________

BBO could even support regular expressions

Does BBO use Soundex for rough matches? https://en.wikipedia...okotoff_Soundex

Ideally, BBI could add fields for languages, too.

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#4 barmar

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Posted 2021-March-12, 20:29

Yes, we do use Soundex.

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