Search Is Fixed

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Mooh
Date: 16 Apr 10 - 08:22 AM

To quote Charles Montgomery Burns, "Excellent!".

Thanks Max.

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 15 Apr 10 - 09:23 PM

Just a thought...

If the Search is 'Fixed' ...

How do we trust the results?


:-P




I'll get me hat....

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Apr 10 - 03:40 AM

Hi, Peter -
They ARE used in the thread, but not as a single phrase. Mudcat Search is set to look for phrases as typed in the query. In Google, a search for four works will bring up anything that all of those words, wherever they are in a document. To search for an exact phrase in Google, you have to put the phrase in quotes - you don't have to do that in Mudcat search.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 15 Apr 10 - 03:31 AM

Joe, the words are used in the actual thread as well as the title.

It's no big deal but I suppose it's a little flaw that does occur and worth to keep in mind

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Apr 10 - 02:34 AM

Max, can you verify this?

I think the SuperSearch searches only the text of messages, and not the titles. There are thread and message titles with the term Seamus Ennis Appreciation Society contained in them, but not messages with that exact term until just now.

Am I right, Max?

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Sorcha
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 09:01 PM

Thank you Max.

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Max
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 08:40 PM

OK, Sorcha. Happy now. I'm replacing the feature all-together so a volunteer won't be necessary. Users will manage there own information and privacy. It is not prudent to do any other way. It creates too much admin work and liability.

And the auction is in action now too.

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Sorcha
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 08:22 PM

Sorry, the 'mouse hover' does not work for me. If I click on the blank bar, it depends on just WHERE I click. There are NO hover indicators, I just have to move the mouse and click at will. Yes, it's all still there, but NOT easy to find.

Hop to it Emperor Max, since no one else is 'allowed' to help. The Offers have been made. (no, not by me….but Max knows who)

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: GUEST,Mr Red
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 06:39 AM

Thanx Max

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 06:29 AM

Maybe casting a wider net is the answer.

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: catspaw49
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 05:53 AM

This thread?

I just Power Searched on Seamus Ennis and got this one immediately.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 05:09 AM

Sorry Max, only just saw your post. In fairness, I just tried that search again and this thread comes up now but not the thread with the title I was looking for.

It's no big deal, I knew it was there and I got to it.

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 03:53 AM

Actually I posted a message on that thread that has the words Seamus Ennis and Appreciation Society in it although not in one un-interrupted phrase.

Maybe it's just one of those things. It is however one of the searches I have used at intervals to post to that particular thread and always had to resort to Google to actually find it.

Makes you wonder though how many threads don't come up.

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Joe Offer
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 01:49 AM

Hmmm. I searched for Seamus Ennis Appreciation Society and didn't come up with the thread with that title. I don't think that particular phrase is used in any of the messages in the thread, so it may be that SuperSearch is programmed just to search message texts. It comes right up with the filter and the Old Advanced Forum Search, but not with SuperSearch.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Sorcha
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 08:53 PM

And thank YOU too, Max! LOL. I do but try.

Seriously, I'm glad you got search fixed.

But NEVER expect ME to be 'sweetness and light'. I call it like I see it. It does what it says on the tin.

And I KNOW you have a life, unlike some others on here. Love to the family, and LUCK with the Life.

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Rowan
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 08:34 PM

Thanks also for the link to the tutorial, Max. Although I had some notions about the Advanced search routines, I'd not seen the in-depth stuff you have in the tute. Perhaps it could be listed and hot-linked in the "Quick Links" list at the top of the Menu page.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Melissa
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 08:24 PM

Thank you, Max

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Max
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 06:06 PM

By the way, if you took a moment to read this search tutorial, you'd be well served. I recommend the advanced search for most cases. It's very powerful.

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Max
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 05:52 PM

Peter, just ran your search and it popped up in record speed. May I humbly suggest user error?

Visitor, not sure what you are doing either. I'm getting no errors.

What am I missing here?

Reminds me of an interview of a KKK grand master. The interview said "Let's say you win and all people of color are eradicated from this world. What will you do then?" The grand master replied "Move on to eye color."

When no errors remain, what will you do then?

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Charley Noble
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 05:30 PM

Better is better!

I'll settle for that.

Thanks, Max!

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 05:13 PM

Hi Val!

~Praise

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Crowhugger
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 04:38 PM

Thanks, Max.
~CH.

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 04:08 PM

Is it? Really?

I just tried to bring up The Seamus Ennis Appreciation Society thread and could only do so through Google. Mudcat did bring up another 'Is search broken/' thread where I mentioned being unable to bring up the same thread but not the thread itself. And yes I tried several times and several word combinations from the thread title.

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: GUEST,Visitor
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 03:43 PM

Fixed...except that when you click on any of the search results you get a 'page not found' message.

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Joe Offer
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 01:58 AM

Hmmmm. Says you have to enable your camera when going to chatroulette. I've seen the elusive Spaw. I think Max could get arrested for sending Spaw to a site where people have to look at him....

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 12:48 AM

They do? That's great......I was so worried that they weren't being given an equal forum. I'll notify Conrad the ! Peasant right away.

Spaw

And on a more serious note..........thanks.

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Max
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 12:30 AM

Spaw, chatroulette.com already has trans-sexual cross dressing Albanian hat blockers doing nude Morris Dancing.

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Max
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 12:28 AM

Ah, yes, the bugs. Not so much a bug as it is 2.9 million messages. Takes some crunch time to get through. Optimizing. Plus, I'm still indexing messages between 2,000,000 and 2,800,000. Server is a bit taxed at the moment.

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 12:26 AM

Great! That was the only thing I asked for!!!

Except for more accessibility for trans-sexual cross dressing Albanian hat blockers doing nude Morris Dancing. When can we expect some action on that?


Spaw

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Reinhard
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 12:18 AM

Thank you Max! But when I try to search for e.g. Peter Bellamy I get just two forum results and then this error message:



Error Occurred While Processing Request

Error Diagnostic Information

Request timed out

The time taken to process your request has exceeded the allowable limit of 30 seconds. Please notify the server administrator (using the mail link below) that this error has occurred.

Note: You can override the request time limit by adding a 'RequestTimeout' parameter to the URL used to request the page (e.g. page.cfm?RequestTimeout=500).

SQL = "EXEC GetMembernameFromID 15118"

Data Source = "MUDCAT"

The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFQUERY), occupying document position (134:1) to (134:90) in the template file C:\!WEBSERVER\MUDCAT\HTDOCS\@NEWSSRESULTS.CFM.

Date/Time: 04/13/10 00:15:58
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; de; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3
Remote Address: 85.179.215.30
HTTP Referrer: http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: Janie
Date: 12 Apr 10 - 11:53 PM

Thanx Max.

Subject: RE: Search Is Fixed
From: ranger1
Date: 12 Apr 10 - 11:36 PM

Max, you are awesome.

Subject: Search Is Fixed
From: Max
Date: 12 Apr 10 - 11:36 PM

Search Is Fixed

I posted twice to Tech: Should Mudcat be updated? only a little snarkily.