track/search - artist & track name order limitation

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Jim

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Dec 17, 2011, 7:39:16 AM12/17/11
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Track search works great in most cases when you use Track & Artist
name combinations, but there are cases where it returns no results.

Search for Artist & Track eg 'The Killers Human'
http://api.7digital.com/1.2/track/search?q=the%20killers%20human&oauth_consumer_key=KEY
- Results found

Now change the order, search for Track & Artist eg 'Human The Killers'
http://api.7digital.com/1.2/track/search?q=human%20the%20killers&oauth_consumer_key=KEY
- No results found

What this means is within my application I can't give users a single
search text box, because I can't predict the order in which they will
enter Artist & Track name. The workaround is I have to provide 2 input
boxes, Artist & Track, then combine the entries in the correct order
before submitting to the 7Digital API.

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