# Ok, am I a moron, or can we not search for posts by Cecil? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 3, 2002, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-am-i-a-moron-or-can-we-not-search-for-posts-by-cecil/122295 "2002-08-03T03:44:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-am-i-a-moron-or-can-we-not-search-for-posts-by-cecil/122295/1 "2002-08-03T04:57:45Z")
Worked for me, too. Here’s his latest: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2111621#post2111621](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2111621#post2111621) ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-am-i-a-moron-or-can-we-not-search-for-posts-by-cecil/122295/2 "2002-08-03T04:28:34Z")
I don’t know. I put “Cecil Adams” in the Search by User Name fileld, left it on “Match exact name”, and changed “Search for Posts From…” to “any date”. I got 46 hits. Did you spell his username right? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-am-i-a-moron-or-can-we-not-search-for-posts-by-cecil/122295/3 "2002-08-03T06:00:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by alice\_in\_wonderland \* > Ok, am I a moron, or can we not search for posts by Cecil? Well, I don’t know what to say. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-am-i-a-moron-or-can-we-not-search-for-posts-by-cecil/122295/4 "2002-08-03T03:44:37Z")
Well? I know the Big Guy has about 100 or so posts, but when I did a search it came up with 0 matches. I’m not ruling out the possiblity that I have no idea what I’m doing (although I never seem to have trouble with other posters.) ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-am-i-a-moron-or-can-we-not-search-for-posts-by-cecil/122295/5 "2002-08-03T19:44:39Z")
Ahhh. Apparently, I **AM** an idiot. ::_hangs head in shame_:: I’ll just go over here and do some remedial thinking now… ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-am-i-a-moron-or-can-we-not-search-for-posts-by-cecil/122295/6 "2002-08-03T07:00:56Z")
I submit to you that your error is most likely this. You are searching for all posts for Cecil from yesterday and newer. Change that to and older and they should all come up…