# Database problem with search?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/database-problem-with-search/475856>\
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**Created:** [December 5, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/database-problem-with-search/475856 "2008-12-05T14:51:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/database-problem-with-search/475856/1 "2008-12-05T14:51:15Z")

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When I tried to perform a search just now, I got the following error message:

> [@](#):
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> Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 71 bytes) in /home/straightdope/boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php on line 1151

Of course, when I tried again, it told me I had to wait another 273 seconds, so I read some more posts, then tried to search again and got the same error.

Is there some database corruption going on here?

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/database-problem-with-search/475856/2 "2008-12-05T15:52:44Z")

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I would guess instead that the server was out of RAM.