Poll: ***********************S E A R C H -- D I S A B L E D***********************

[Dave M]

Perhaps excluding the Life section from the Search function would be enough to lift the load. I haven't a clue what is involved though or whether it would make enough of a difference.

I would be possible to hack vbulletin's own searchindex to achieve this, it would reduce the size of the postindex table thus making the database faster, but there are other search types which are so much faster than vbulletin's own search that I really don't think this loss of functionaility worth it.

 

[4T5]

That's a shame as i would have thought that the lack of Search would effect business. I don't feel that the lack of search has any effect on the life sections but researching problems & Upgrades & potential purchases would be effected.
My frustration comes from not being able to investigate the latest tweaks/products/fixes for hardware & not because of any life section nonsense.
I trawl for hours through old posts on tweaks/hardware/clocking & use search for related topics that i don't stumble over.
I have to say as well i recently joined another big hardware forum to use there search database but man it felt weird trawling through a different site, like i was a Burglar or summit
Oc is my home i s'pose

 

[knowlesy]

think he means the votes ....

 

[Tejstar]

Any (very rough) guesstimate as to how long the search will be offline? The Hardware forums are invaluable for advice, and you can't tap into all of it without the search button.

 

[Zefan]

think he means the votes ....

 

[charly_brown]

I only joined so I could research what people thought of some of the cases I was going to buy
without search enabled its useless as I havent got a week to trawl through all the posts.

Never mind I can still look!!

Charly

 

[Naffa]

That's the spirit! Get stuck in.

You could also ask a mod to search for some threads relating to the case you wish to purchase. Zefan was really helpful when I was looking for a thread.

 

[blighter]

I only joined so I could research what people thought of some of the cases I was going to buy
without search enabled its useless as I havent got a week to trawl through all the posts.

Never mind I can still look!!

Charly

claimed

 

[tim_enchanter]

claimed

Well spotted that man
I claimed someone with lots of money yesterday

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9922056&postcount=8

Zefan have you been playing with the poll again? I'm sure you swapped yourself with Jesus so you are on top, you're going to hell my boy

 

[Guru]

can someone find me the free fosters twist thread please

 

[Zefan]

Zefan have you been playing with the poll again? I'm sure you swapped yourself with Jesus so you are on top, you're going to hell my boy

Gilly did it first

 

[AFK_Matrix]

Umm didn't know if this is the right thread but anyway. I see the search funtion now on OCUK but it says i don't have access to this feature etc. Also when I go to my profile and want to look at my threads or my posts i get the same thing I don't have access to it, I assume this is all part of the same problem?

 

[blighter]

Umm didn't know if this is the right thread but anyway. I see the search funtion now on OCUK but it says i don't have access to this feature etc. Also when I go to my profile and want to look at my threads or my posts i get the same thing I don't have access to it, I assume this is all part of the same problem?

Yes because it has to use search to search for your previous posts + threads.

 

[barnettgs]

Bring search function back...

...this time for thread titles only instead of message body, surely it will put much less stress on server?

 

[fini]

At this point I'd accept a search that just indexed el razur posts - at least that would be the whole of GD covered up 'til when he got banned for being generally rubbish.

 

[Red and White]

whens it coming back!

dont wana start threads on stuff i and many people will have asked before.

 

[blighter]

Chill guys, keep asking like this will, if anything, delay the process. It will come back when it comes back.

 

[knowlesy]

just woundering there probably area few people are holding posting back till search and new posts arrive .....so the server will probably get hit hard for abit .... is it just going to be a random few sets of people bit by bit or all at once ???

 

[iCraig]

just woundering there probably area few people are holding posting back till search and new posts arrive .....so the server will probably get hit hard for abit .... is it just going to be a random few sets of people bit by bit or all at once ???

Huh?

Are you saying people aren't posting until the search returns, so when the search does return the server may get hit?

If that is your question, you'll find the miniature spike of a few people starting to post again will be negligible. Once the search returns the server load will go up again anyway, and the solution they eventually come to will no doubt be heavily centred around now being able to cope with increased server load.

How long has the search been down for now? Much longer than I ever expected if I'm honest. If I'm genuinely upfront about this I have to agree with malc30, it does look a little poor that a forum connected to a business at the forefront of performance technology is taking so long to implement a vBulletin solution.

 

[19ninety]

well that saved me asking what I was gonna ask, me likey searchy