# Why does the search not work??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-search-not-work/71573>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 7, 2001, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-search-not-work/71573 "2001-07-07T06:16:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-search-not-work/71573/1 "2001-07-07T06:16:42Z")

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Help! I can’t get the search thingie to work! It’s infringing upon my posting! What’s going on?

😕

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**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-search-not-work/71573/2 "2001-07-07T06:31:44Z")

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Well… you might try reading [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=76025) in this very ABTM forum.

jm

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**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-search-not-work/71573/3 "2001-07-07T16:30:53Z")

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😃

OOps, missed that one.  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-search-not-work/71573/4 "2001-07-07T18:25:10Z")

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What do you mean, search doesn’t work? Gotta be more specific than that!

Are you signed in? Are you accepting cookies? (The search function only works for registered members that are signed in to the board.)

How are you searching? What’s going on when you attempt to search?

If I have a few more facts to work with, I might be able to find a solution here.

Thanks.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-search-not-work/71573/5 "2001-07-07T18:41:42Z")

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Just for the record…

I’m ALWAYS accepting cookies…especially thin mints!

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**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-search-not-work/71573/6 "2001-07-08T06:04:18Z")

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I meant that when I put in a word or user name it said that nothing came up. But it’s all good: **nothamlet** helped me out. 😃