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Cliff Pennock
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NOV 04, 06:25 PM
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After spending many nights of debugging, compiling, recompiling, some more debugging (well, you get the picture), I've implemented a complete new search engine for the forum. The old search engine wasn't very good and was causing the server to almost grind to a halt when multiple searches were started. This was because there's over 2Gigabytes of data to search through and the old search was trying to do this by first copying everything to memory! Searching through the archives took forever, and some users mistook this for a non-responding search, so they started a new one which made the problem only worse. The new search is fast, very fast. It is able to search through a section in less than a second. It has a few extra features over the old search, and a few other features have been dropped. BTW, did I mention the new search is fast? I'm still testing and debugging, and also adding things, so you might see the search switch back and forth between the old and new one. Enjoy!
[This message has been edited by Cliff Pennock (edited 11-04-2001).]
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LZeitgeist
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NOV 04, 06:57 PM
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Sweet!!!! Thank you, Cliff!!!! ------------------
Patrick W. Heinske -- LZeitgeist@aol.com
1988 Red Fiero Formula
- 1st Place - Stock Coupe - FOCOSEVA 2000
- 3rd Place - Stock Formula - FOCOA Nat'l 2001
- Class Winner - 1982 to Present - 2001 Tarheel Tigers All-Pontiac Show
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hugh
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NOV 04, 07:35 PM
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Raydar
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NOV 04, 07:40 PM
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WOW! ...and it's pretty fast, too!  ------------------
Raydar - aka Steve
Some mornings, it just isn't worth chewing through the restraints.
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Nashco
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NOV 04, 08:29 PM
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Hey, that's fast! Except...nothing popped up? I'm guessing it'll all smooth out soon enough. I'm very glad to see you've upgraded this! How hard would it be to add the ability to search through ALL sections, rather than one at a time? I have always wished we could do this, and since you're making changes....  Not complaining whatsoever, just asking what it would take, and if it's possible with your current rennovated version. You're the man Cliff  Bryce
88 GT
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Cliff Pennock
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NOV 04, 08:42 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Nashco:
Hey, that's fast! Except...nothing popped up? |
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That's weird. What are you searching for?
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Jefrysuko
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NOV 04, 09:00 PM
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Wow that is fast. Do you have plans on having dates displayed also? If it comes down to dates or speed I will definetly take the speed but I liked knowing how recent something was with the previous search engine.
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Cliff Pennock
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NOV 04, 09:10 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Jefrysuko:
Do you have plans on having dates displayed also? |
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Yes, dates and originator will be included in the search results. It will not influence search speed in any way.
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Nashco
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NOV 04, 10:21 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:
That's weird. What are you searching for? |
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Well, I found it's only symbols and numbers that don't work. I have been using the search a lot lately looking for info on 17" wheels. I typed in "17" and it came up with nothing, then " 17" " and nothing, then "17 wheels" and nothing, then just "wheels" and BAM, a lot. The reason it came up with nothing was given as: "Sorry, nothing available for find=17
Search string may be too common or not a complete word." Is there no way to search for numerical info, or symbols for that matter? Bryce
88 GT *typo edited [This message has been edited by Nashco (edited 11-04-2001).]
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bHooper
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NOV 04, 10:21 PM
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Good googilly moogilly! Thats fast! Thanks, Cliff! ------------------
hoop
Red 86 GT 5 speed
Black 86 SE Automatic
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