# I keep getting this error when searching

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-this-error-when-searching/486615>\
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**Created:** [February 19, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-this-error-when-searching/486615 "2009-02-19T21:48:53Z")\
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**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:** [February 19, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-this-error-when-searching/486615/1 "2009-02-19T21:48:53Z")

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> Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 17 bytes) in /home/straightdope/boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php on line 1007

And it’s extremely frustrating, considering every time I get this, I have to wait another 5 minutes to try again.

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**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-this-error-when-searching/486615/2 "2009-02-21T13:41:05Z")

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I keep getting it too. What a pain in the ass.

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**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-this-error-when-searching/486615/3 "2009-02-21T13:52:53Z")

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Welcome to the SDMB, with all rights and privileges pertaining thereunto.

(I understand that you’ve both been here longer than I have.)