# Is "New Posts" search broken?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-new-posts-search-broken/567788>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 16, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-new-posts-search-broken/567788 "2011-01-16T03:07:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-new-posts-search-broken/567788/1 "2011-01-16T03:07:57Z")

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When I try to search for new posts, I keep getting the “Database being upgraded” error message. Is anyone else seeing this? Is this a glitch that’s being worked on?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-new-posts-search-broken/567788/2 "2011-01-16T03:20:35Z")

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I’ve been using it all day as usual and no problems.

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-new-posts-search-broken/567788/3 "2011-01-16T03:21:05Z")

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i just used it to find your post near the top.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-new-posts-search-broken/567788/4 "2011-01-16T03:21:20Z")

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Try clearing your cache.

> **[Straightdope.com down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=593117)**
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> I know this isn’t actually ATMB, but figured it was the best place to post this. For almost the past 24 hours, Straightdope.com has had a message saying that it is down for a database upgrade and will be back up soon. I would have expected an actual...

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-new-posts-search-broken/567788/5 "2011-01-16T03:34:47Z")

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Hmm, yup, that did it. Isn’t that funny - the last thing I would have expected to be caught in an old cache is the New Posts search. 🙂

ETA: Thanks, by the way - never say this is a thankless job. 😃