Searching custom nodes' by field in Drupal?

Question

Hello-
Using Drupal on a project which I made custom node types in using the CCK. I want to be able to search the specific node based on a custom field the node has. So let's say I have this node type Article which has a field "myfield", I want to be able to search for Articles based on the myfield field. I understand the default search module allows for searching of node types using the type:MyNodeType in the search, but I did not see any way to limit which fields are searched. Any tips? Is this something that is going to get crazy? Appreciate the help.

Answer 1

The default search cannot filter by specific fields.

You have a couple options.

• Write custom code that filters again the actual fields in the database.
• Use the Views module, which lets you filter against specific fields.
• Install the ApacheSolr search engine, which can filter against specific fields.
  • This is a fairly complex thing to install.
  • If you're comfortable installing it, though, it's a better and more flexible search than the other two options.

Answer 2

http://drupal.org/project/cck_facets