# Can you do this kind of search on the SDMB?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-this-kind-of-search-on-the-sdmb/665320
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**Created:** [August 4, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-this-kind-of-search-on-the-sdmb/665320 "2013-08-04T14:42:07Z")
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### Author: ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-this-kind-of-search-on-the-sdmb/665320/1 "2013-08-04T14:42:07Z")

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Suppose I wanted to find all of a particular poster’s posts on a particular subject. Can I do a search like that? For example, say I wanted to find all of **Gatopescado** ’s posts containing the word “dachshund.” Would that be possible?

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### Author: ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-this-kind-of-search-on-the-sdmb/665320/2 "2013-08-04T14:47:52Z")

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Yes - you can specify a combination of username and a search word - if you do this, it’s worth also selecting the ‘show results as posts’ option, then you’ll see the context.

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### Author: ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-this-kind-of-search-on-the-sdmb/665320/3 "2013-08-04T14:50:30Z")

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Advanced search. You can search by username and keywords.

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### Author: ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-this-kind-of-search-on-the-sdmb/665320/4 "2013-08-04T15:29:31Z")

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Thanks! 🙂

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### Author: ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-this-kind-of-search-on-the-sdmb/665320/5 "2013-08-05T02:54:55Z")

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