# Really basic search question
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/really-basic-search-question/195833
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 3, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/really-basic-search-question/195833 "2021-07-03T04:24:45Z")
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### Author:  [@thousandlegs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thousandlegs)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/really-basic-search-question/195833/1 "2021-07-03T04:24:45Z")
I just set up a new Discourse on Digital Ocean (using their quick installer). I have version 2.8.0.beta [ddaf2f55fd]. This is a private server for a handful of friends. We only have 50 posts so far.
Search is not finding posts that I can find by scanning, or that I know are there. For example, there are 3-4 posts that I know have the word “gold” in them, but search only shows 2. The term “drinking” appears twice, but a search on “drinking” gives 1 result that actually includes “drinking”, and one that only includes “drink”, missing the second post that includes “drinking”.
The “drinking” posts are each over 24 hours old, so I assume if there’s some periodic indexing, it should have run by now. I did try `rake search:reindex` in the container and it ran, but no dice even with a forced reload of the browser page and a separate login in a different browser.
None of these searches have anything set in the Advanced Search sidebar–just clicking the magnifying glass and typing in a term, then pressing Return. No errors or anything in the browser console. Playing with advanced options, like searching in the Topic where I know the posts appear, doesn’t give me any more hits anyway.
My expectation is that we have full-text search for at least whole words. Is that mistaken? Any troubleshooting advice or mental model updates would be appreciated.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/really-basic-search-question/195833/2 "2022-02-13T00:42:55Z")
I can’t think of any reason basic database index word searching would not work; it sounds like the install may be broken?