# Anyone else unable to search? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 24, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928 "2003-11-24T03:11:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/1 "2003-11-24T03:11:55Z")
All I get is the “slight problem with the database” message. I can access the boards, obviously, but I’m not able to search at all. Just me? ---
**Author:** ![MrWhy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@MrWhy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrWhy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/2 "2003-11-24T03:14:48Z")
Nope, it’s not just you. I get the same message. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/3 "2003-11-24T03:15:09Z")
I had the same problem. It’s not affecting anything but searches, as far as I can see. It does affect the search underneath every post, though, in addition to the main one. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/4 "2003-11-24T03:18:52Z")
Also affecting the “view new posts” dealiebop. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/5 "2003-11-24T03:41:46Z")
Me too, same problem. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/6 "2003-11-24T03:42:41Z")
Same here. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/7 "2003-11-24T03:55:21Z")
I’ve reported the problem, but I suspect there won’t be any action until Monday morning (Chicago time). ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/8 "2003-11-24T04:11:51Z")
Thanks, **C K**! ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/9 "2003-11-24T06:56:15Z")
While I look forward to being able to search again, I must say that the current speed of the boards is a pleasure!! Pages load instantly. This is awesome!!! If only there was a way to make it so only I could search… hmmm… and mods and admins too of course, but just us… wow. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/10 "2003-11-24T08:41:28Z")
Many messageboards I have visited have disabled Searching just because of the absurd hit it takes on the database. If it wasn’t so useful a feature, I’d recommend that myself. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/11 "2003-11-24T09:04:11Z")
I wonder how big a problem it would be to disable searching during “peak” times only… ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/12 "2003-11-24T10:32:31Z")
Aw shucks, I guess I have to hold off my daily vanity search 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/13 "2003-11-24T11:28:15Z")
It’s revolutionising how I use the board. Not in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/14 "2003-11-24T11:28:38Z")
I thought they actually had disabled it. It seems odd that the rest of the mb works fine. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/15 "2003-11-24T13:59:49Z")
The board probably needs a reset. I’ll ask Jerry. Sorry for your inconvenience. This does underline, however, how intensive searches are to the system and why you should be selective in your use. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/16 "2003-11-24T14:44:52Z")
I like fast non-searchable board. Until I have to search, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/17 "2003-11-24T15:26:07Z")
I agree, it’s been a very good, if inadvertant, test of what exact components might be making the Board suffer most. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/18 "2003-11-24T16:04:37Z")
Remarkable how many more posts there are when people can post at will. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/19 "2003-11-24T20:19:56Z")
Jerry wound up having to repair the MySQL database, which had become corrupted. Not 100% sure what’s going on here, but let’s see if that fixed our problems. (If this post goes through, that’s a good start.) your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928/20 "2003-11-24T21:10:10Z")
**TubaDiva,** I mis-read your post as saying, “The board probably needs a rest,” so I thought, let’s send the hamsters to Hawaii for a vacation! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928.md?page=2)