Search database emptied after recent forum meerge?

[Red Spire Press]

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.

That's quite an unhelpful attitude. As a community supporter, regular poster, and donator to ENWorld, I would expect a lot more understanding. As Ari has mentioned twice now, this is not an isolated issue.

 

[Michael Morris]

That's quite an unhelpful attitude. As a community supporter, regular poster, and donator to ENWorld, I would expect a lot more understanding. As Ari has mentioned twice now, this is not an isolated issue.

So you're saying that you'd prefer to see search taken down entirely for a month while the server rebuilds the index with no guarantee that it will help? I can't do that. I have to rebuild the index anyway after the next upgrade to take advantage of some advanced features in the next version of MySQL and vbulletin. Exactly when that will be I don't know. I work on ENWorld in my spare time as an unpaid volunteer.

 

[Red Spire Press]

So you're saying that you'd prefer to see search taken down entirely for a month while the server rebuilds the index with no guarantee that it will help? I can't do that. I have to rebuild the index anyway after the next upgrade to take advantage of some advanced features in the next version of MySQL and vbulletin. Exactly when that will be I don't know. I work on ENWorld in my spare time as an unpaid volunteer.

No that's not what I'm saying. All I ask is that I not be dismissed out of hand as I was being, and that perhaps someone look into why it happened. Maybe it's reversible.

 

[Michael Morris]

The only solution to fix a bad post index is to rebuild the thing, a process that took 3 weeks to do the last time it was done -- and not something I want to do unless it becomes absolutely necessary.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

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 break it to ya, Spoony, but the only thign older than today seems to be ISRP stuff. Which didn't exist on these boards before today.

I did a search for "Dungeon" and found nothing other than ISRP posts since 01-02-03. I did a search for "Dragon" and got the same date.

Search is fu-bar'ed. Completely.

 

[Mouseferatu]

The only solution to fix a bad post index is to rebuild the thing, a process that took 3 weeks to do the last time it was done -- and not something I want to do unless it becomes absolutely necessary.

That's perfectly fair, and understandable. And I think if your first reply had been "Man, I'm sorry you're having problems. I'll try to look into why, but I really don't think I can fix it until the next upgrade," then I imagine tha Red Spire would have been fine with it. I know I would have.

My problem--and I believe his, too--is that your first replies were very dismissive, bordering on hostile. Being told "There shouldn't be a problem, go try something else" is neither helpful nor particularly polite.

 

[Michael Morris]

Hate to break it to ya, Spoony, but the only thign older than today seems to be ISRP stuff. Which didn't exist on these boards before today.

I did a search for "Dungeon" and found nothing other than ISRP posts since 01-02-03. I did a search for "Dragon" and got the same date.

Search is fu-bar'ed. Completely.

I just ran the same searches and experienced no such problem. Check your settings.

 

[Mouseferatu]

I just ran the same searches and experienced no such problem. Check your settings.

Tell me which settings should impact which entries Search finds and which it doesn't, and I'll be happy to check them.

I do know that I haven't changed any of my settings in months, and the problem only cropped up today.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I did a search for "Dungeon" and found nothing other than ISRP posts since 01-02-03. I did a search for "Dragon" and got the same date.

I just did both of those searches and found huge amounts of hits...so many that I didn't feel like scrolling to find old ones.

 

[Michael Morris]

That's perfectly fair, and understandable. And I think if your first reply had been "Man, I'm sorry you're having problems. I'll try to look into why, but I really don't think I can fix it until the next upgrade," then I imagine tha Red Spire would have been fine with it. I know I would have.

My problem--and I believe his, too--is that your first replies were very dismissive, bordering on hostile. Being told "There shouldn't be a problem, go try something else" is neither helpful nor particularly polite.

If you want to read things into my responses that aren't there, go right ahead. It's really not my problem. After over 3000 posts I would hope you would have learned that messageboards and email do not and cannot convey tone of voice, but if you haven't and would prefer to view the world as somehow out to get you, that again isn't my problem.

I will look into this and try to figure out what is going on. If I can, that's great. If not, I'll see if it corrects after rebuilding this index after the next upgrade.

Now since this thread has devolved into a bash the tech admin thread, I'm closing it.