Search Index Problems?!
23 February 2004, 07:36 AM
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Search Index Problems?!
I have noticed a few threads I am searching for are not found, despite the fact I know it exitsts and am putting in words I know are in the post.
For example this post contains "Scrap Heap" in the title, yet if I search for those words in titles only it says no matches!
Could it be a few posts have slipped through indexing?
For example this post contains "Scrap Heap" in the title, yet if I search for those words in titles only it says no matches!
Could it be a few posts have slipped through indexing?
23 March 2004, 02:12 PM
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Hi
We stopped the indexing in lieu of the new search facility that is being built / tested. But we are currently testing the standard search facility now we have some more performance measures in place. If it ends up working out ok with the standard search facility we'll index the missing 3 months or so of posts.
All the best
Simon
We stopped the indexing in lieu of the new search facility that is being built / tested. But we are currently testing the standard search facility now we have some more performance measures in place. If it ends up working out ok with the standard search facility we'll index the missing 3 months or so of posts.
All the best
Simon
06 July 2004, 02:29 PM
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*bump*
This is still a problem (example in my first post above).
Also, please can we ditch the following:-
This is still a problem (example in my first post above).
Also, please can we ditch the following:-
- 30 second search limit - very annoying!!!
- 100 matches max - on some searches this precludes all posts earlier than about the last 6 months, unless you choose the "prior to one year ago" option which gives you about 18 months back.
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I'm sure I've done recent searches and had no matches at all for anything posted in 2002. Lots of results for 2001 and 2003-4, but not 2002.
here's a sign!
01 September 2004, 12:45 PM
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I'd like to find some threads regarding the m3 vs p1 and I'm sure there are loads but the search engine can't find any: 
Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.
The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : m3, vs, p1
Any idea's how I find threads relating to the M3 or P1 ?? 
Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.
The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : m3, vs, p1
01 September 2004, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by shamrock
I'd like to find some threads regarding the m3 vs p1 and I'm sure there are loads but the search engine can't find any:
Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.
The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : m3, vs, p1
Any idea's how I find threads relating to the M3 or P1 ??
Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.
The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : m3, vs, p1
16 October 2004, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by ajm
Search still doesn't work properly. Fix it, or post reasons for not fixing it, lest I have to keep bumping this thread ad infinitum. 
As promised I have raised this with the technical team and here are their comments on the current situation.
This is a very difficult issue to work around and I am not sure we can get around it easily. Basically to reindex ALL information requires us to bring the BBS down due to the amount of processing power the process takes, for the amount of data we have we have calculated the board would have to be down for literally days to complete.
Obviously all new posts (since we moved to VB) are now indexed and some of the previous posts/threads are as we tested the index function initially, but operationally due to the amount of time needed (in downtime) to do a full index is realistically not feasible with our current known facilities.
We are however looking at ways (if possible) to get around this and will certainly up date you on progress
I hope this goes some way to explain the issues and complexity involved, which is as frustrating for you as it is for us not to have the facility available
Obviously all new posts (since we moved to VB) are now indexed and some of the previous posts/threads are as we tested the index function initially, but operationally due to the amount of time needed (in downtime) to do a full index is realistically not feasible with our current known facilities.
We are however looking at ways (if possible) to get around this and will certainly up date you on progress
I hope this goes some way to explain the issues and complexity involved, which is as frustrating for you as it is for us not to have the facility available
tiggers.
16 October 2004, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by TopBanana
What database backend are they using? Isn't it MySQL? It should be possible to export the 'old' data, index that on another machine, then merge the indexes.
Regards,
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16 October 2004, 11:55 AM
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cheers tiggers (so they WERE ignoring me then! 
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It would seem there are two ways to approach this:-
1) Do the indexing in smaller batches - say X thousand threads each night. The vB control panel can do this, presumably to get round these sort of problems!
2) Process the indexing offline on another server
- Dump the current database and restore on another machine
- Make a note of the the most recent post ID
- Run the index until complete
- Dump this newer database and restore the processed index table to the current database
- Then index the remaining posts on the live database that have appeared since you noted post ID above
Obviously option 2 does require the loan of some hardware (unless you could do it on the old server?), maybe an appeal to the scoobynet populous could bear fruition!
(so they WERE ignoring me then! )It would seem there are two ways to approach this:-
1) Do the indexing in smaller batches - say X thousand threads each night. The vB control panel can do this, presumably to get round these sort of problems!
2) Process the indexing offline on another server
- Dump the current database and restore on another machine
- Make a note of the the most recent post ID
- Run the index until complete
- Dump this newer database and restore the processed index table to the current database
- Then index the remaining posts on the live database that have appeared since you noted post ID above
Obviously option 2 does require the loan of some hardware (unless you could do it on the old server?), maybe an appeal to the scoobynet populous could bear fruition!
Last edited by ajm; 16 October 2004 at 11:58 AM.
17 October 2004, 01:40 PM
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NEWSFLASH:.....
A Moderator Response in "Bugs / Feature Requests " !!!!
<thud>
Hey tiggers - couldn't do us a favour and get some answers to the long, long, long list of unanswered threads below this one could you?
I think some of the techy team need a bit of prodding with a good sized stick to at least tell us to sod off
A Moderator Response in "Bugs / Feature Requests " !!!!
<thud>
Hey tiggers - couldn't do us a favour and get some answers to the long, long, long list of unanswered threads below this one could you?
I think some of the techy team need a bit of prodding with a good sized stick to at least tell us to sod off
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