PH Search - can't believe it's knackered AGAIN!

[dasherdiablo1]

Any idea when it will be working again?

So frustrating when on the hunt for a new car and I cannot find any information!

C'mon guys and girls; save us from the christmas boredom!!!!!

[thinfourth2]

Again?

That implies it worked at some point in the past

[PH lurker]

Worked last week.

[14-7]

Not worked for me for the last few days.

[0a]

I never use it, just go to google and add the keyword "site:www.pistonheads.com" to search the site and "site:www.pistonheads.com/gassing" for the forums.

[RJP001]

Worked last week here too, not any more though.

[RumbleOfThunder]

Tried a few times yesterday but no go.

[Kozy]

Bah, bloody useless. Was it programmed by TVR?

[Switch]

We are having some db load issues. I'll have a look into it but it seemed ok just now...

[monthefish]

Why is it so hard to have even the 'thread title' search working?

[B16JUS]

Not worked for me for the last 3 days, is it a problem my end or PH end ?

[MattDell]

It currently works. Our search functionality is very intensive, so at peak times it takes longer and will time out.

If it doesn't work, try searching google and specifying

site:pistonheads.com

[RumbleOfThunder]

Or......fix it permanently.

[MattDell]

RumbleOfThunder said:

Or......fix it permanently.

Sadly, it's more a matter of replacing it with a better technology than fixing it.

[pacman1]

Bump!

[MattDell]

No need for the rolling eyes.

[pacman1]

MattDell said:

No need for the rolling eyes.

Oh all right then, have one of these instead.

I know you have issues with the search function, but it always seems to be down for days on end for maintenance on a regular basis.

Is the search function really that carp?

[MattDell]

pacman1 said:

Is the search function really that carp?

To be honest, it really is that crap. It's very rudimentary and uses a lot of resources.

To put it into geek terms, we have over several million posts in our database and MySQL has to look at every one to perform a search (with the exception of some basic caching). It needs to be replaced, and we'll be doing that when we have the time. But for now most things can be found by typing "site: pistonheads.com" as part of a google search.

[thinfourth2]

Well remove the button then as that will stop us pressing it and then complaining about it not working

[TheHeretic]

Just do what I do and save this as a book mark...

Saaaave me, saaaave me, saaaaaaave meeeeeee, I can't face this life aloooone!

And use that in future. Just put your query on the end of the search text.