How do you use the search function?
07-19-2005, 09:08 AM
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How do you use the search function?
I don't know if this is just me, but I'm have quite a lot of difficulties using the search function.
When I do a search, it doesn't seem to work. For example, it will say:
"This menu has been disabled
Sorry, an error occurred. If you are unsure on how to use a feature, or don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help files for more information.
The error returned was:
Search is currently broken and is offline until we get it fixed."
This happens quite a lot. Also, when I'm trying to search for, say, intake, it doesn't return that many posts. For something really generic like intake, I would expect the forum to return a truck load of results as there were a lot of posts that discussed intakes. But it returned very little from what I saw (and yes .. I tried using other terms like "intake" as opposed to "intakes", and other equivalent terms like air filter, air filters, etc).
Also sometimes I would try to search for a post from a week ago about calipers, and I'd not be able to find it in the search if I just type in "calipers" when I knew and saw the word "calipers" (also brake caliper, brake calipers, caliper) was part of the subject line and content. The search engine would just return results from long time ago (say a few weeks back, or even months in some cases) Am I missing something here?
I'm currently only using the search function on the top right corner of the page and the bottom right corner of the page. But then, the SQL query that the site spits out (when the search function works) seemed to make sense for the most part!?! Not sure if there is any advanced searches out there or I'm looking at the wrong place ...
Thanks.
When I do a search, it doesn't seem to work. For example, it will say:
"This menu has been disabled
Sorry, an error occurred. If you are unsure on how to use a feature, or don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help files for more information.
The error returned was:
Search is currently broken and is offline until we get it fixed."
This happens quite a lot. Also, when I'm trying to search for, say, intake, it doesn't return that many posts. For something really generic like intake, I would expect the forum to return a truck load of results as there were a lot of posts that discussed intakes. But it returned very little from what I saw (and yes .. I tried using other terms like "intake" as opposed to "intakes", and other equivalent terms like air filter, air filters, etc).
Also sometimes I would try to search for a post from a week ago about calipers, and I'd not be able to find it in the search if I just type in "calipers" when I knew and saw the word "calipers" (also brake caliper, brake calipers, caliper) was part of the subject line and content. The search engine would just return results from long time ago (say a few weeks back, or even months in some cases) Am I missing something here?
I'm currently only using the search function on the top right corner of the page and the bottom right corner of the page. But then, the SQL query that the site spits out (when the search function works) seemed to make sense for the most part!?! Not sure if there is any advanced searches out there or I'm looking at the wrong place ...
Thanks.
07-19-2005, 09:39 AM
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I think "it is broken and is offline until they get it fixed" ...... 
Originally Posted by Ks320,Jul 19 2005, 12:08 PM
Search is currently broken and is offline until we get it fixed
07-19-2005, 11:07 AM
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Yes it's offline ... and that happens a lot ...
In any case, my second question is, what doesn't it return the results even when it does? In the case of say intake, I'm not able to find a post that I have just read through the search engine
In any case, my second question is, what doesn't it return the results even when it does? In the case of say intake, I'm not able to find a post that I have just read through the search engine
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