Search database emptied after recent forum meerge?

[Red Spire Press]

My searches aren't returning any results. Thought I'd give you a heads up.

Also, I posted another thread in Meta yesterday asking for access to modify my products in the review database (as directed on the review page) and didn't receive a response.

 

[Mark CMG]

I gave it a try and it seemed to work fine. What did you search for? Maybe I should try searching for the same thing and see if the results are the same?

 

[IronWolf]

My searches aren't returning any results. Thought I'd give you a heads up.

I just did a couple of quick searches ('wizard' and 'rogue') and I received returns from my search. What were you searching on?

 

[Mouseferatu]

Actually, it's not just him. I'm getting search results from three years ago on some topics, but none more recent, even though I know they exist.

 

[Michael Morris]

I just tested search - searching for wizard then ISRP. No problems either way. I didn't dump the post index, though I did add too it as the new posts were made into the ISRP forums.

 

[Red Spire Press]

I do regular searches for "dark legacies" (quotes included) to find topics on our games. Up until the merge, I received pages of results. Now I get zero results.

 

[Michael Morris]

I got this thread as a result.

:shrug:

I dunno. Rebuilding a post index on a forum this size is a nightmarish proposition. It may need to be done though after an upgrade to MySQL allows true full text searching (which requires an rebuild).

But remember, last time I rebuilt the thing it took 3 weeks to complete the rebuild.

 

[Red Spire Press]

Well, not to sound antagonistic, but the reason many people purchased ENWorld community supporter accounts was for search access. I'd expect that if search was broken by a forum update, it would be repaired. Granted, new threads will likely be indexed as they are created, but that doesn't help when searching for archived material.

 

[Michael Morris]

I don't see how (or why) the merge would have affected the search feature other than to index additional posts.

Anyway, I'm not blowing up and reindexing the boards over the next month because a single search isn't working. Try using different search terms or searching for threads and posts which you made yourself.

 

[Mouseferatu]

I don't see how (or why) the merge would have affected the search feature other than to index additional posts.

Anyway, I'm not blowing up and reindexing the boards over the next month because a single search isn't working. Try using different search terms or searching for threads and posts which you made yourself.

Hate to tell you, Spoony, but it's not a single search. I've tried a couple of different terms, and it's not working.

For example, I did a search for "Regdar," and got nothing more recent than early 2003. I know he's been mentioned on the boards since then, since one such mention was in a thread two or three days ago, here: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=147059

That's just one example. I've seen the same with multiple other searches.