# Get error 500 when dong searches **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 3, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125 "2018-02-03T22:27:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/1 "2018-02-03T22:27:30Z")
Haven’t been able to do searches today. I get a server error 500 when I try. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/2 "2018-02-03T22:43:13Z")
Don’t search for dongs then. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/3 "2018-02-03T22:46:38Z")
I have a dong from my “visit” to Vietnam. It’s not worth a dong. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/4 "2018-02-03T22:46:41Z")
More importantly, don’t use your dong to search. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/5 "2018-02-03T23:11:15Z")
I just did a search successfully. However, I’ve noticed the search function can be very iffy. Still, I’m stubborn, I’ve been a paid member since pay to post and I always try the search function on the board first before resorting to a Google search. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/6 "2018-02-03T23:41:48Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > More importantly, don’t use your dong to search. I’ve heard of using a Dictaphone, but… ---
**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:** [February 3, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/7 "2018-02-03T23:49:37Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I’ve heard of using a Dictaphone, but… Using a Dictaphone would be a Dick Search. The OP is using a Dongaphone. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/8 "2018-02-03T23:53:58Z")
I thought you’d need a dongle for that. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/9 "2018-02-04T01:20:20Z")
I’ve been able to do searches, even for dongs. First recommendation is to clear cache and reboot. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/10 "2018-02-04T01:42:29Z")
Ding-dong that’s it! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/11 "2018-02-04T02:28:41Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > First recommendation is to clear cache and reboot. Is this a serious suggestion, or am i being whooshed? Given the history of the search function on this board, any suggestion that the problem rests with the end user’s browser or computer is, quite frankly, hilarious. Doubly so when the error is a server error, as is the case with 500 errors. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/12 "2018-02-04T03:57:16Z")
Could be both? I mean I meant it seriously, but I am not the most technically savvy person unfortunately. When a user reports a problem, I tend to try to replicate it. My search worked, so that’s about the limit of what I can do :\ I have seen other people make the same suggestion so it’s always worth a shot. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/13 "2018-02-04T15:49:58Z")
I’m unclear what the dong is searching for. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/14 "2018-02-04T15:55:06Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > I’m unclear what the dong is searching for. Pr0n, like everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/15 "2018-02-04T18:49:00Z")
Error 500 is on the server side. It’s kind of a general purpose error code and is basically the server saying “dude, sorry, I f\*\*\*ed up” without giving any further details. Since it is on the server side, there isn’t anything that you can do. Clearing your cache, restarting your computer, etc. won’t help. 500 errors can be caused by server overload. The search engine around here is also well known to be more than a bit wonky. Certain terms will cause it to fail for no reason whatsoever. Sometimes if you are searching for multiple terms, simply re-arranging the terms can make it work. Sometimes not. The search engine that we use is tied to the version of vBulletin that we have here, so it’s not going to get fixed any time soon. If you keep getting errors searching for certain terms, then google is probably your only solution. See the sticky at the top of this forum for details on how to do various searches here using google. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/16 "2018-02-05T03:48:10Z")
Using your typing dong works. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/17 "2018-02-05T05:46:40Z")
I found [Dong Work For Yuda](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_yiBuYxecc), if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/18 "2018-02-05T06:32:46Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > See the sticky at the top of this forum for details on how to do various searches here using google. DISCLAIMER: Googling one’s dong brings with it the risk of creating an unauthorized sticky at the top of the page. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/19 "2018-02-05T15:32:36Z")
Just saw this thread title, and my heart was filled with hope as I clicked… I was not disappointed. Dong. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125/20 "2018-02-05T15:36:39Z")
I think somebody is stealth bragging just a bit-It was really just a Error 250, wasn’t it? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-error-500-when-dong-searches/808125.md?page=2)