# Search down?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-down/600047>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 18, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-down/600047 "2011-10-18T16:36:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-down/600047/1 "2011-10-18T16:36:42Z")

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Is the search function down?  
I’ve tried a quick and advanced search and keep getting the same error…

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 71 bytes) in /home/straightdope/boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php on line 1151  
Just curious.

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**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-down/600047/2 "2011-10-18T16:42:32Z")

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I just tried a quick search and it worked. Might be your PC or just a “wrong time to try it” thing.