# Search Re-enabled **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 2, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-re-enabled/461696 "2008-09-02T16:31:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jdavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@jdavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdavis)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-re-enabled/461696/1 "2008-09-02T16:31:06Z")
Search has been temporarily disabled as I attempt to determine the effect it is having on server performance. MySQL database parameters will need to be adjusted as well and I’m working on that. Jerry ---
**Author:** ![jdavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@jdavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdavis)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-re-enabled/461696/2 "2008-09-03T07:30:10Z")
Search has been re-enabled. I did not note any real difference in message board performance with it enable or disabled. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-re-enabled/461696/3 "2008-09-03T08:24:26Z")
> [@jdavis](#): > > Search has been re-enabled. I did not note any real difference in message board performance with it enable or disabled. Using the quick search dropdown box got me the following message: > [@](#): > > Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing. > > If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error. Using the advanced search page to search by username works fine, though searching by keyword just returns you to the search page. Grim (Hoping you don’t know all this already) ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-re-enabled/461696/4 "2008-09-05T04:26:01Z")
> [@grimpixie](#): > > Using the quick search dropdown box got me the following message:Using the advanced search page to search by username works fine, though searching by keyword just returns you to the search page. > > Grim > (Hoping you don’t know all this already) A second for Grim’s message- I was just coming here to tell about that. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-re-enabled/461696/5 "2008-09-05T04:30:00Z")
I thought that searching by keyword was just taking me back to the page, but later I figured out that it might have been that I was doing two searches in a row and the sorry-you-need-to-wait message failed to come back. In any case, I was able to use advanced search with a keyword earlier this evening. GT ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-re-enabled/461696/6 "2008-09-05T04:57:28Z")
Also, while viewing a thread or any page other than the main forum index and (for some reason) the Create-A-Post™ page the drop down doesn’t show up at all when you click search or the arrow. Now that I try it, Quick Links doesn’t either.