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AZ
Citizen
Username: Azaltsman
Post Number: 68
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2003 - 7:00 pm: |     |
Ok, can someone explain to me why the search engine does not work when searching all topics or the attic? I really think this functionality needs to be added at some point. |
jgberkeley
Supporter
Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 2955
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2003 - 10:08 pm: | |
In my experience, the search is too large and times out. As a test, go into the attic and find something, anything. Then search for exactly that. You will find it. Now expand the search a little big and you will still find it. But searching blind for something like "french drain" in the attic will just time out.
Soooooo find a way to limit the search.
Perhaps others have a better way, this is just my experience. (I liked the old search engine much better) |
ffof
Citizen
Username: Ffof
Post Number: 1114
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 9, 2003 - 3:49 pm: | |
Maybe I'm just blind, but I went to perform a Search and there was nowhere to type in what I was searching for. Anyone? |
ashear
Citizen
Username: Ashear
Post Number: 587
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 9:07 am: | |
I just had the same problem as Ffof - Dave is there something wrong with the search engine or is it us?
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Dave Ross
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 4527
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 9:49 am: | |
Due to server load issues we had to remove it for the time being. The size of searchable text has simply grown too large to search in an effective manner (approaching 1 GB). The only option available at the moment was either to delete the Attic section or disable search. |
Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 1206
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 9:57 am: | |
Calling Diogenes... |
Dave Ross
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 5101
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 5, 2003 - 4:03 pm: | |
Here's an announcement that's going to make me the most popular person in all of the Tech Support topic. I've decided to put off important medical procedures, vacations, lawn care, doing work for paying clients* and attention to personal hygene in order to purchase and set up a new, more powerful server so we can bring the search function back. It will likely be online by the end of next week, if not sooner.
* Except for those of you reading this. You're different and you know that. |
Joan
Citizen
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 1908
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 5, 2003 - 5:02 pm: | |
Dave:
THANK YOU!
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NRL
Citizen
Username: Nrl
Post Number: 175
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 6, 2003 - 8:23 pm: | |
Dave,
Does the new server expense come out of your own pocket? Does the ad revenue cover the expense? Since your not asking for contributions from MOL users, I assume you got it covered. Otherwise let us know and may be we can get a donation fund going. |
jgberkeley
Supporter
Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 3173
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 7, 2003 - 10:15 am: | |
Dave,
First, thanx for the search feature back! You can take a shower now.
Questions,
I find that I can not search the Attic. By design or am I doing something dumb?
If I just pop into the Attic and do a manual look and see. I have to re-login as I enter, and everytime I want to open a thread. Again, am I doing something dumb?
Thanx! |
Dave Ross
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 5352
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 7, 2003 - 9:57 pm: | |
Hi George,
I just tweaked a few settings. See how it goes for you now. |
jgberkeley
Supporter
Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 3176
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 - 8:56 am: | |
I'll give it a spin and get back to you.
Later,
George |
jgberkeley
Supporter
Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 3177
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 - 9:17 am: | |
I just ran several searches of the Attic and a couple hard ones, and all works well!
And Fast!!!
Thanx for the tune-up Dave!! |
notehead
Citizen
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 896
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 1:49 pm: | |
No luck searching the Attic.
I'm checking off 'Search by Keyword'
I'm searching for 'notehead' to look over some of my old posts
I'm not touching 'Keyword Options'
I'm looking for 'Whole Words Only'
Leaving 'Case Insensitive'
Looking in 'Names of Authors'
Search Topic 'The Attic'
I click the Search button, and in about a second I get a page giving me 0 results.
Is anything going on, or should I try some other way?
Thanks! |
Dave Ross
Citizen
Username: Dave
Post Number: 6169
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 5:32 pm: | |
Worked for me. The only difference is that I used "Notehead" rather than "notehead". Not sure why. |
Joan
Citizen
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 2380
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 4:33 pm: | |
Search engine may be case sensitive. |
notehead
Citizen
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 926
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 5:03 pm: | |
Okay, I want to search for a post that I vaguely recall... but I can't quite remember the poster's name. He was pretty active in 2002, I think. Generally a left-winger. His screen name was the name of some fairly well-known judge. And I recall he irked a lot of people when he showed up on MOL and mentioned in quite a few posts how smart he thought he was. And I think he said he was a lawyer.
Anybody remember that guy? |
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