# Searching by username not bringing up all threads **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 16, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-by-username-not-bringing-up-all-threads/250615 "2004-06-16T04:46:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-by-username-not-bringing-up-all-threads/250615/1 "2004-06-16T04:46:03Z")
If I do a vanity search by username in order to find threads to which I’ve posted, not all of the threads are showing up in the search results. Here are two threads I posted to that don’t show up on a search: (posted) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261408](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261408) (started) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261730](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261730) It’s not just Cafe Society threads, because the [current Harry Potter thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261161) shows up. I select Advanced Search, Search All Open Forums, Any Date. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-by-username-not-bringing-up-all-threads/250615/2 "2004-06-16T05:17:49Z")
> [@DeadlyAccurate](#): > > If I do a vanity search by username in order to find threads to which I’ve posted, not all of the threads are showing up in the search results. > > Here are two threads I posted to that don’t show up on a search: > (posted) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261408](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261408) > (started) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261730](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261730) > > It’s not just Cafe Society threads, because the [current Harry Potter thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261161) shows up. > > I select Advanced Search, Search All Open Forums, Any Date. Are these your **last** two posts? Because, IIRC, the search engine tends to miss posts made in the last 24 hours (or since maintenance, or something like that…) due to some kind of DB indexing happening in the background rather than in Real Time. I’ve seen this happen, too, when I searched the forums (not for my own name, but I doubt that matters). Maybe a mod could clear this up? Dani ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-by-username-not-bringing-up-all-threads/250615/3 "2004-06-16T11:56:25Z")
I’m not sure if they’re my last two posts. I don’t think so. I _think_ I’ve posted to the Harry Potter thread since then, but maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-by-username-not-bringing-up-all-threads/250615/4 "2004-06-16T12:13:36Z")
Well, when I click on your profile and choose “view all posts by this member” or “view all threads started by this member,” both of those threads you’ve mentioned show up (didn’t check the HP one). ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-by-username-not-bringing-up-all-threads/250615/5 "2004-06-16T12:35:10Z")
This happens to me too. It seems that all you have to is change something about your search and it will update. For example, just tick “Search Children’s Forums” and your most recent posts will come up. It’s as if your search gets cached and you just need to change something to get the search re-run. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-by-username-not-bringing-up-all-threads/250615/6 "2004-06-16T12:47:01Z")
That seemed to work. Thanks, **Princhester**.