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Offline AqueousShadow

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Search Feature Broken?
on: November 14, 2005, 12:15:35 am
I'm "not allowed" to search for posts.
 

Offline Grey Wolf

Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #1 on: November 14, 2005, 12:17:25 am
They're having SQL server issues or something along those lines, so its disabled.
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Offline AqueousShadow

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #2 on: November 14, 2005, 12:19:51 am
Oh ok. Thankee
 

Offline Fury

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #3 on: November 14, 2005, 12:27:46 am
Search is taking too long with its SQL-queries and for some reason also stalling all other SQL-queries until search is completed. Until the problem is fixed, search must be disabled. If you're looking for an old pre-move post or thread, please go to our old vBulletin forums via the "Archived vB" link at the top, right below latest member. The old forums have all posts pre-indexed and new posts disabled, so search should be very fast there. And even if the search should take longer than usual, it shouldn't affect this forum. Hopefully. :nervous:
 

Offline vyper

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #4 on: November 16, 2005, 11:07:16 am
Question: What type of search is being executed? Does SMF use the standard MySQL way of searching or does it use FULLTEXT? The latter speeds things up, lots, IF you can get it to work (which isn't easy, I can tell you).
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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #5 on: December 10, 2005, 05:59:31 pm
SMF 1.0 does not index the text of posts in any way. It uses MySQL's search, AFAIK. SMF 1.1 does include a number of indexing options, however. We will definitely be upgrading to 1.1 when it is released (currently in Release Candidate 1), and quite possibly sooner, if our tests of RC1 elsewhere prove it to be stable enough for us.
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Offline jr2

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #6 on: January 13, 2006, 03:40:27 pm
It's been 2 months already...I don't know anything about this subject, but isn't there another way to run the search thing?  Maybe use Linux (I think I remember reading somewhere that you were using Windows) instead?  Of course, I'm sure the people who know what they're doing have already thought of all possible options... but if it was Windows, and it was a Windows issue, then I'd say you could probably get them to help you fix the problem, right?   I don't know  :confused:  I'm just hoping whoever is doing whatever to fix this, that he gets done soon!!  It'll be great!.
PS maybe you could put a request for help if there's people out there in the HLP universe that know how to fix those kind of things (if you need help, that is).
 

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #7 on: January 13, 2006, 03:45:41 pm
The problem with search is one with the way the board database handles the search operation, and has absolutely nothing to do with the OS that it's running on.  The reason it isn't fixed yet is that the version of the board system that will allow search in reasonable time hasn't been released yet, so be patient.
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Offline Darkhill

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #8 on: February 02, 2006, 01:26:36 pm
The search in the archive fourm doesn't seem to work either.
 

Offline Blue Lion

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #9 on: February 18, 2006, 10:49:31 am
How am I supposed to catch up on everything I missed?
 

Offline Cyker

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #10 on: February 20, 2006, 01:10:33 pm
I just use the Show Unread Posts since Your Last Visit link under my login.
 

Offline karajorma

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #11 on: February 20, 2006, 04:47:10 pm
You have 345,435 new posts since your last visit. :D
Karajorma's Freespace FAQ. It's almost like asking me yourself.

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Offline Blue Lion

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #12 on: February 20, 2006, 08:09:02 pm
Pffft, over a years worth of time missed? I'm sure I've missed more than that.
 

Offline AqueousShadow

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #13 on: February 22, 2006, 09:32:25 pm
So will all the threads have "New" stuck next to them unless you've clicked on it and it hasn't been replied to since?
  

Offline Setekh

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #14 on: February 22, 2006, 09:36:00 pm
That's what "new" suggests. ;) If that annoys you, just use the "Mark Read" button on the front page of the forum when you're done flicking through, it's just above the Info Center on the right.
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Offline Blue Lion

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #15 on: February 23, 2006, 12:44:41 pm
Meh, I won't click that until I've gone through most recent threads but yes, pretty much every page is "new"
 

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #16 on: April 29, 2006, 03:48:45 pm
Welcome to TEH SAERCH!! :p
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Offline Setekh

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #17 on: April 30, 2006, 05:52:18 am
Yeah, this is brilliant. At last we can say "search n00b" and it means something. :)
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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #18 on: April 30, 2006, 07:12:29 am
it's alive, ALIVE! *thunderclap*

glad you finally fixed it, guys
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Offline Fury

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Re: Search Feature Broken?
Reply #19 on: April 30, 2006, 07:24:02 am
Technically, it was never broken. It's just that SMF 1.0's search method was very ineffective in forums that have huge number of posts. SMF 1.1 does have many improvements for huge forums such as HLP. That's right kids, over 750k posts is nothing to shrug about.
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