# So is search down?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-search-down/489425>\
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**Created:** [March 14, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-search-down/489425 "2009-03-14T16:50:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-search-down/489425/1 "2009-03-14T16:50:02Z")

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Or am I the unluckiest searcher in board history? I’ve gotten 7 database errors in a row; 4 last night before giving up and going to bed, and 3 so far today.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-search-down/489425/2 "2009-03-14T19:05:49Z")

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I got a number of consecutive DB errors yesterday, not just on searches. That was between roughly 3 and 4 PM Chicago time.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-search-down/489425/3 "2009-03-14T19:50:01Z")

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> [@rowrrbazzle](#):
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> I got a number of consecutive DB errors yesterday, not just on searches. That was between roughly 3 and 4 PM Chicago time.

I had a similar experience most of yesterday’s afternoon.

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**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-search-down/489425/4 "2009-03-14T20:10:41Z")

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[Spinal Tap] Well, that’s just nitpicking, isn’t it? [/Spinal Tap]

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-search-down/489425/5 "2009-03-14T20:15:55Z")

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I had no trouble running a few searches this morning, roughly in the 10 AM to 2PM EDT timeframe.

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**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-search-down/489425/6 "2009-03-15T22:44:29Z")

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Just adding a complaint about the search while I’m waiting the 300 seconds.

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**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-search-down/489425/7 "2009-03-16T01:19:28Z")

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I don’t search that often, but I had two timeouts this morning. It worked for me after about 5 minutes.