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Search function

Unread post by joel68 » Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:49 am

The search function has been down for quite some time. It says it's overloaded. It has not happened like this before. Usually after an hour or so, it can be utilized. What's up with this? And are the powers in charge aware of it?

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Re: Search function

Unread post by afagehi7 » Wed Jan 10, 2024 9:35 am

joel68 wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:49 am
The search function has been down for quite some time. It says it's overloaded. It has not happened like this before. Usually after an hour or so, it can be utilized. What's up with this? And are the powers in charge aware of it?
We have limited resources based on the hosting plan. It would cost more money to make this feature more widely available and we run on donations instead of membership fees and advertising. Best time to use it is off hours.

Search is expensive as far as computational resources to perform a search. Imagine if you had a 1000 page phonebook that was not in alphabetical order and were asking to locate the phone number for brad pitt. It would take you a long time and you'd probably give up but we could hire 20 people to help you.. so the cost would increase... Money we just don't have and we think staying free without advertising is more important.

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Re: Search function

Unread post by joel68 » Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:45 am

Ok. Thxs. So does it still work at all if the board is not too busy?

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Re: Search function

Unread post by afagehi7 » Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:47 pm

joel68 wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:45 am
Ok. Thxs. So does it still work at all if the board is not too busy?
Normally if its not too busy and you don't try a large search it should work.

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Re: Search function

Unread post by joel68 » Wed Jan 10, 2024 7:02 pm

Ok. Thxs.

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Re: Search function

Unread post by kaskap79 » Thu Jan 11, 2024 12:31 am

joel68 wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2024 7:02 pm
Ok. Thxs.
You are always welcome to become a sponsor and get your name in green. :P
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Re: Search function

Unread post by afagehi7 » Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:58 am

kaskap79 wrote:
Thu Jan 11, 2024 12:31 am
joel68 wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2024 7:02 pm
Ok. Thxs.
You are always welcome to become a sponsor and get your name in green. :P
Absolutely. A benefactor making a large donation would help us to upgrade the resources available

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Re: Search function

Unread post by BB-Kink » Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:11 pm

afagehi7 wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:47 pm

Normally if its not too busy and you don't try a large search it should work.
Suggestion --- When the displayed warning is that it's too busy, show this instead or in addition:

Server's too busy right now -- Here are some examples that should make searches run faster, use less resources:
-- DO search for
-- DON'T search [often] for "screw" -- By the time the server finishes coming up with 4,000,000 references, you'll be screwed out of getting any results!

---- Lousy examples, no doubt. But, it's easy to ask for the wrong search strings that will send a server into deep space for a long time. Depending of the service provider like AWS, and it can also get very expensive in $$. I bit of guidance might help us, if the guidance was either present when an error occurred, or a link to that guidance.

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Re: Search function

Unread post by Openturtleguy » Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:07 am

I haven’t even been able to load the search page for a week. :(

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Re: Search function

Unread post by afagehi7 » Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:24 am

Openturtleguy wrote:
Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:07 am
I haven’t even been able to load the search page for a week. :(
It works for me during non-peak hours but we should probably just disable it all together. It consumes resources we don't have and don't have a stable income to afford... We don't want ads...

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Re: Search function

Unread post by Intosex » Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:30 pm

So do donors get to do search such open the “Active Topics”and it will work? I’ve tried for weeks at all times of day and night and it just won’t return anything but the menu. If donators get priority on search I will donate. Are there any perks for donating?

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Re: Search function

Unread post by MsMsld-1 » Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:27 pm

The main perks for donating are the fact that the forum continues to exist even for those that don’t !!

There are some perks actually but that’s not the reason most of us have or do donate and they don’t include enhanced searching.

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Re: Search function

Unread post by afagehi7 » Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:01 pm

Intosex wrote:
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:30 pm
So do donors get to do search such open the “Active Topics”and it will work? I’ve tried for weeks at all times of day and night and it just won’t return anything but the menu. If donators get priority on search I will donate. Are there any perks for donating?
No preferential search. We donate to keep the site alive, not for perks. We're entirely run on donations and on a shoestring budget. You're welcome for not being exposed advertising 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Thank the donors for no ads and mods for no spam (mainly armyguy handles spam and does it well)

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Re: Search function

Unread post by Mark KL » Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:41 am

I am getting the "Sorry but you cannot use search at this time. The server has high load. Please try again later." almost exclusively now at all hours; for at least the last few weeks. I typically use the quick link for new messages since last login, but since that is basically a Search function it is no longer working either. I contributed a few years ago under my old login that was part of the accidental purge. I will donate again also, to help with the funding. It's such a valuable resource here, glad to do that.

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Re: Search function

Unread post by afagehi7 » Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:16 pm

Mark KL wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:41 am
I am getting the "Sorry but you cannot use search at this time. The server has high load. Please try again later." almost exclusively now at all hours; for at least the last few weeks. I typically use the quick link for new messages since last login, but since that is basically a Search function it is no longer working either. I contributed a few years ago under my old login that was part of the accidental purge. I will donate again also, to help with the funding. It's such a valuable resource here, glad to do that.
We're looking into it but no promises. It might be out of our hands

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Re: Search function

Unread post by Mark KL » Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:14 pm

afagehi7 wrote:
Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:16 pm
Mark KL wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:41 am
I am getting the "Sorry but you cannot use search at this time. The server has high load. Please try again later." almost exclusively now at all hours; for at least the last few weeks. I typically use the quick link for new messages since last login, but since that is basically a Search function it is no longer working either. I contributed a few years ago under my old login that was part of the accidental purge. I will donate again also, to help with the funding. It's such a valuable resource here, glad to do that.
We're looking into it but no promises. It might be out of our hands
Understood.

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