mysql.com has the worst search I've ever used

[jatar_k]

are they trying to push some other method I don't know about?

it's been a long time now that their search is mostly unusable

try searching for SELECT [mysql.com], the SELECT syntax comes up at number 11?

update syntax comes up at #4 when you type in update

try

numeric column type
password (which was what I was just trying to find and never did)
insert - look at the first result
string functions
substring

brutal, none of these bring up the proper url in the first position and they should all be no brainers and this a very short list. I know how to navigate the site and I still have to click a ton of times to find anything. I usually just use the index and search the page.

searching for a specific function name should return the function, call me crazy.

also, why don't they link the function names on their site?

[Habtom]

I thought I was alone, good thing you didn't try for searching "Mysql" [mysql.com] in mysql.com

This is the first result:

MySQL helps to give Gordanos Messaging Suite the Competitive Edge With MySQL at the heart of their Messaging Suite,

I would expect:
Mysql Manual - Manual
Downloads
A simple tutorial - Manual
Documentation

Just as in when you search for PHP [php.net] in php.net

Habtom

[phranque]

i just download a pdf and rtfm...

[ytswy]

In fairness there is a drop down list where you can select the relevant MySQL manual, rather the the default "the whole site". This provides pretty good results to the examples given.

[eelixduppy]

I don't even bother with the site's search. Since I've discovered its horrible ways I've been using google to search ever since. The ones I find especially difficult to find I bookmark for future use.

A great bookmark to have is the function and operator reference: [dev.mysql.com...]