Search Funtion Acting Strange. . .Broken?

orange · 27th February 2007, 04:50 PM

Hi,

For the last few months the 'new posts' feature seems to have been limited to 250 posts. There used to be several pages to skim through first thing in the morning but now lots of posts seem to slip under the radar.

Has this been done to reduce server load ? can we have it back to how it was ?

henryrobinett · 27th February 2007, 05:22 PM

My email notification went belly up. That's the way I keep in touch with my threads of interest, but since the new upgrade whatever thing that happened with Meg this weekend, email notification hasn't worked at all. I seem to have the correct email notification selected in optoins. How can I fix this? Is it out for everybody?

orange · 27th February 2007, 05:28 PM

I've found it's been a bit flakey of late - occasional emails (about 75%) come through.

Crash · 28th February 2007, 03:30 AM

Mine went weird 4-5 days ago as well. Was working like a charm before.

henryrobinett · 28th February 2007, 04:14 AM

Yeah well it's not working at all for me. And a couple of things I was subscribed to have been dropped altogether from the "User CP" -- one thankfully so because the topic and a few posters suffer from severe mental retardation.

**Jules** · 28th February 2007, 06:48 PM

Stand by please, we are going through a phase of tweaks at the moment

ryguydrum@netsc · 11th March 2007, 06:12 PM

So . . . . . ..
Maybe its due to the database errors or something, but
the search function is not working for all titles/searches.

For example if I put in API or KRK in the dialogue box for
the search, it will tell me that it can't find anything, which
is obvously wrong because those two should get a lot of hits.

However, if I put in Neve or Radar the search engine works.

What gives??? Is this something on my end that I am doing wrong??

Help!

dingo · 11th March 2007, 08:10 PM

You might ask the powers that be for confirmation, but I don' t think the GS (or perhaps vBulletin) search engine will search for words with 3 letters or fewer.

One option is to try operators in your searches... for instance, an asterisk following the search term will include any string in place of the asterisk. So, api* would net you any post with "api," "apiece," "apish" and so on. If you wanted to exclude "apiece" and "apish" from that search, add a minus directly before those terms.. so, with this example, here's your search:

Code:

api* -apiece -apish

If it's a common term like api, you might try searching tags, but I don't know if older threads (pre-tag feature) would be included.

Google is a useful alternative. Go to google, type in your search term(s) followed by

Code:

site:gearslutz.com

So, if you wanted to find api and god in the same thread, you'd search for

Code:

api god site:gearslutz.com

And here's a nice "cheat sheet" for google search, if it's needed:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/cheatsheet.html

ImJohn · 12th March 2007, 08:10 AM

I thought for sure that just last week I was able to do forum searches with just three characters (like PMC, BAE, API etc) but now it returns no results (4 character words work ok)

Is it just me or????

drmmrboy · 13th March 2007, 10:30 AM

Anyone else having trouble searching 3 letters? Snot lettin me do it..

Ga hed, try it. Type in API, AKG, or SOL...

macleod · 13th March 2007, 10:59 AM

yes its really enoying, i was trying to find out more about the "urs api eq " and i get nothing. i think from the way this board is performing that it has been moved to a new server and not set up right, its slow as hell.

K

dingo · 13th March 2007, 02:42 PM

Did it ever allow for 3-letter searches?

I don't want to make a habit of quoting myself, but here's a reply to the same issue from a couple of days ago:

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/showthread.php?t=113741#post1173770

edit: linking not working properly.. sorry, copy and paste

drmmrboy · 13th March 2007, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dingo

Did it ever allow for 3-letter searches?

It sure did.

Well I guess it's not that big a deal. This is only gearslutz. How important could it be to search API, AKG, RCA, U47, U67, U87, M49, SM7, 414, 451, 121, 251, C12, GML, AEA, R84, TG2, TG1, EMI, DAW, MAC, RNC, 737, 192, 500, V72, EMT, 140, PCM, DBX, 160..??

(my brain hurtz)

ImJohn · 13th March 2007, 07:35 PM

Thanks Tommy, that works! When did that change??

drmmrboy · 13th March 2007, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ImJohn

Thanks Tommy, that works! When did that change??

Tommy deleted his post. What works..??

Tommylicious · 13th March 2007, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drmmrboy

Tommy deleted his post. What works..??

Searching with an asterix works, like this; API* or ADT*

I deleted my post because dingo allready answered the question

drmmrboy · 13th March 2007, 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tommylicious

Searching with an asterix works, like this; API* or ADT*

Kinda works. 1 return for "api* and u99*". I've made a bunch of posts with with api and u99 myself. Nothing comes up for jdi* and api*. I guess those 2 have never been in a thread together.

I feel like I'm on a mission, with nuttin better to do. Is there a new method to searching? I missed the memo. Someone fill me in.

orange · 14th March 2007, 11:45 AM

a little bump for this problem...I haven't had any notifications for a day or so ?

r0ck1r0ck2 · 16th March 2007, 02:21 PM

could you Please bring back the 3 character search?

it's driving me nutz

please?
Pretty Please?

r0ck1r0ck2 · 16th March 2007, 08:15 PM

:(

i'll say it again

:(

**Jules** · 20th March 2007, 12:03 PM

3 letter / 3 character word search function - is back!

API DI AKG rap RAP Rap hip Hip HIP hop Hop HOP hiphop DAT dat GML BAE DSD DBX SPL BSS CAD MPC ADL AEA ATC DCS EAR EAW EMT FSH GRM HHB JVC MCI MRL MXL OKM MXR NTI PMC QSC RCA SSL URS AMS AMI RMS THD FMR RNC RNP TAB TAD JBL rme USB PZM PCM PCI KMR Kmr kmr osa Osa OSA Api api ADT Adt adt A2D BTD

All will work now..

r0ck1r0ck2 · 22nd March 2007, 01:37 PM

wonderful news Mr. Jules!

thank you very much..

i was hoping this was just temporary.!

rulez julez

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27th February 2007, 04:50 PM	#1
orange Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: London Posts: 1,664	New Post search limited to 250 posts Hi, For the last few months the 'new posts' feature seems to have been limited to 250 posts. There used to be several pages to skim through first thing in the morning but now lots of posts seem to slip under the radar. Has this been done to reduce server load ? can we have it back to how it was ?

27th February 2007, 05:22 PM	#2
henryrobinett Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Sacramento Posts: 5,927	email notification isn't working My email notification went belly up. That's the way I keep in touch with my threads of interest, but since the new upgrade whatever thing that happened with Meg this weekend, email notification hasn't worked at all. I seem to have the correct email notification selected in optoins. How can I fix this? Is it out for everybody? __________________ All the best, Henry Robinett

28th February 2007, 03:30 AM	#4
Crash Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: San Antonio Texas Posts: 999	Mine went weird 4-5 days ago as well. Was working like a charm before. __________________ www.miximusmaximus.com

28th February 2007, 04:14 AM	#5
henryrobinett Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Sacramento Posts: 5,927	Yeah well it's not working at all for me. And a couple of things I was subscribed to have been dropped altogether from the "User CP" -- one thankfully so because the topic and a few posters suffer from severe mental retardation. __________________ All the best, Henry Robinett

27th February 2007, 05:28 PM	#3
orange Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: London Posts: 1,664	I've found it's been a bit flakey of late - occasional emails (about 75%) come through.

28th February 2007, 06:48 PM	#6
Jules Gearslutz.com admin Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 11,801	Stand by please, we are going through a phase of tweaks at the moment __________________ Jules "...there are some amazing deals to be had in this right now. it brings battleship mixing closer to the jilted generation" - reptil

11th March 2007, 06:12 PM	#7
ryguydrum@netsc Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sherman Hoax, California Posts: 172	Search Funtion Acting Strange. . .Broken? So . . . . . .. Maybe its due to the database errors or something, but the search function is not working for all titles/searches. For example if I put in API or KRK in the dialogue box for the search, it will tell me that it can't find anything, which is obvously wrong because those two should get a lot of hits. However, if I put in Neve or Radar the search engine works. What gives??? Is this something on my end that I am doing wrong?? Help! __________________ Ryan Petersen "Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. . . after that who cares, you're a mile away and you have his shoes."

11th March 2007, 08:10 PM	#8
dingo Gear addict Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 418	You might ask the powers that be for confirmation, but I don' t think the GS (or perhaps vBulletin) search engine will search for words with 3 letters or fewer. One option is to try operators in your searches... for instance, an asterisk following the search term will include any string in place of the asterisk. So, api* would net you any post with "api," "apiece," "apish" and so on. If you wanted to exclude "apiece" and "apish" from that search, add a minus directly before those terms.. so, with this example, here's your search: Code: api* -apiece -apish If it's a common term like api, you might try searching tags, but I don't know if older threads (pre-tag feature) would be included. Google is a useful alternative. Go to google, type in your search term(s) followed by Code: site:gearslutz.com So, if you wanted to find api and god in the same thread, you'd search for Code: api god site:gearslutz.com And here's a nice "cheat sheet" for google search, if it's needed: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/cheatsheet.html

12th March 2007, 08:10 AM	#9
ImJohn Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: WA USA Posts: 1,337	Can't search forums with three characters anymore??? I thought for sure that just last week I was able to do forum searches with just three characters (like PMC, BAE, API etc) but now it returns no results (4 character words work ok) Is it just me or???? __________________ John L Rice

13th March 2007, 10:30 AM	#10
drmmrboy Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Philadelphia PA Posts: 1,842	Search engine..?? Anyone else having trouble searching 3 letters? Snot lettin me do it.. Ga hed, try it. Type in API, AKG, or SOL... __________________ Andrew "This game is really about being consistently "upper mediocre" on a regular basis. Brilliant on occasion and damn near never sucking" - Fletcher

13th March 2007, 10:59 AM	#11
macleod Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 178	yes its really enoying, i was trying to find out more about the "urs api eq " and i get nothing. i think from the way this board is performing that it has been moved to a new server and not set up right, its slow as hell. K

13th March 2007, 02:42 PM	#12
dingo Gear addict Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 418	Did it ever allow for 3-letter searches? I don't want to make a habit of quoting myself, but here's a reply to the same issue from a couple of days ago: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/showthread.php?t=113741#post1173770 edit: linking not working properly.. sorry, copy and paste Last edited by dingo; 16th March 2007 at 09:08 PM.. Reason: broken link

13th March 2007, 07:35 PM	#14
ImJohn Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: WA USA Posts: 1,337	Thanks Tommy, that works! When did that change?? __________________ John L Rice

14th March 2007, 11:45 AM	#18
orange Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: London Posts: 1,664	a little bump for this problem...I haven't had any notifications for a day or so ?

16th March 2007, 02:21 PM	#19
r0ck1r0ck2 Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Barcelona!! Posts: 1,459	GearSlutz search problem? could you Please bring back the 3 character search? it's driving me nutz please? Pretty Please?

16th March 2007, 08:15 PM	#20
r0ck1r0ck2 Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Barcelona!! Posts: 1,459	:( i'll say it again :(

20th March 2007, 12:03 PM	#21
Jules Gearslutz.com admin Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 11,801	3 letter / 3 character word search function - is back! API DI AKG rap RAP Rap hip Hip HIP hop Hop HOP hiphop DAT dat GML BAE DSD DBX SPL BSS CAD MPC ADL AEA ATC DCS EAR EAW EMT FSH GRM HHB JVC MCI MRL MXL OKM MXR NTI PMC QSC RCA SSL URS AMS AMI RMS THD FMR RNC RNP TAB TAD JBL rme USB PZM PCM PCI KMR Kmr kmr osa Osa OSA Api api ADT Adt adt A2D BTD All will work now.. __________________ Jules "...there are some amazing deals to be had in this right now. it brings battleship mixing closer to the jilted generation" - reptil

22nd March 2007, 01:37 PM	#22
r0ck1r0ck2 Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Barcelona!! Posts: 1,459	wonderful news Mr. Jules! thank you very much.. i was hoping this was just temporary.! rulez julez

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