diff -r 6db2527b67cf -r 65c98c9e1716 qmsk/irclogs/log_search.py
--- a/qmsk/irclogs/log_search.py	Sun Sep 13 01:15:56 2009 +0300
+++ b/qmsk/irclogs/log_search.py	Sun Sep 13 18:47:00 2009 +0300
@@ -286,22 +286,17 @@
         # execute
         return self.search_cond(cond)
 
-    def search_simple (self, channel, query, count=None, offset=None, search_msg=True, search_nick=False) :
+    def search_simple (self, channel, query, count=None, offset=None) :
         """
             Search for lines from the given channel for the given simple query.
 
-            The search_* params define which attributes to search for (using fulltext search for the message, STROR for
-            attributes).
+            The given text is searched for in the text of the given channel's entries, and the list of results in
+            reverse time order is returned.
         """
         
         # search attributes
         attrs = []
 
-        # nickname target query
-        if search_nick :
-            attrs.append("source_nickname STRINC %s" % query)
-#            attrs.append("target_nickname STRINC %s" % query)
-        
         # use search(), backwards
         results = list(self.search(
             # simplified phrase
@@ -311,7 +306,43 @@
             channel     = channel,
 
             # given phrase
-            phrase      = query if search_msg else None,
+            phrase      = query,
+
+            # attributes defined above
+            attrs       = attrs,
+
+            # order by timestamp, descending (backwards)
+            order       = "timestamp NUMD",
+
+            # count/offset
+            max         = count,
+            skip        = offset,
+        ))
+        
+        # reverse
+        return reversed(results)
+
+    def search_advanced (self, channel, phrase=None, nick_query=None, count=None, offset=None) :
+        """
+            Search for lines from the given channel for the given full-featured query.
+
+            The given phrase is used to build the condition, or alternatively, the given extra *_query parameters can
+            be used to specific additional attributes to search.
+        """
+
+        attrs = []
+
+        if nick_query :
+            # search for messages from specific nickname
+            attrs.append("source_nickname STRINC %s" % nick_query)
+
+        # use search(), backwards
+        results = list(self.search(
+            # specific channel
+            channel     = channel,
+
+            # given phrase
+            phrase      = phrase,
 
             # attributes defined above
             attrs       = attrs,