Magento search not returning all results - magento

we are having an issue with Magento search were it only returns a few of the many results it should. I have one search term where it returns 2 results but in the table catalogsearch_result, there are 44 records for the search term.
I'm not sure where to look to resolve this. Has anyone else seen this issue before or know where to look?
I've got caching disabled and have cleared and reindexed the search index.
Thanks

We've determined the issue a bug in Magento.
If you have a product in multiple categories and one of the categories has permissions set to not display to the group of the user, then the product won't display in any search results.

Try changing the Search Type in Admin -> System -> Configuration -> Catalog -> Catalog Search. Try changing it from Like to Fulltext or vice-versa.

How about the advanced search, does that return the same number of results? If so, it is a configuration/indexing/caching issue. If not, you should check your installed modules in case one of them is hijacking the search functionality.

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You probably have enabled flat tables to be used on front, which is generally a good idea. The thing to remember, though, is to perform a Category Flat Data re-index in Admin Panel. Go to System > Index Management and do a reindex of Category Flat Data.
Next you should Flush Cache Storage at System > Cache Management.
If that won't help, then check how your category tree looks on a Store View level. Magento allows to have different category trees for each store view.
Carbide rods category is not displayed under PCD inserts, whats your question exactly I'm not getting it.

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Rebuild the indexes and test it out.
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Editing search result is not editing the appearance of search result but the actual search results generated.
The idea is, if the Magento search does not return any value then i need to do a search in my custom table to fetch some relative products.
Could anyone help me to edit the default Magento search??
Thanks a lot in advance.
You will need to modify some of the models in catalogsearch module, this link has a good explanation of how to override Core classes. In your case you will need to add your logic somewhere in the Query model or its resource or collection models.
This CMS Search extension will provide an excellent example of how to extend the default search. It adds extra content into the search index and allows you to control how those results are presented to the searcher.

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