Inliners International Forums General Discussion Bench racing Bulletin Board Searches

I can now set the search range to go back as far as needed, however, if someone queries a topic that goes back many years or has tons of posts the whole BB may lock up until the search is completed. I have noticed some instances where it seemed the board was slow with just a year set. Need opinions if the potential slow BB is worth the information that could be retrieved with this automatic, as opposed to manual, search.

Tim

I do miss the ability to search for really old posts. can we limit this search function option to I.I members only? i figure you will not be able to do this. tom

Nope Tom, it's all or none.

Hey TIM' has anyone thanked you for the good job your doing? I think its over due but in my opion its GREAT. THANK YOU. 1 OL REDNECK

Great to hear it, I'll go try it while it's still early (so if I temporarily 'lock up' the board it son't inconvenience anybody, I hope).

I know it's a PITA sometimes, but I only have so much success searching through Google "advanced search: 'search site' ".

Okay, I tried to search for a subject over 1 Yr old and it wouldn't. What do I need to tell it and how, to get it to do that?

Erik,

I said I could set it, not that I did. At this time I was just looking for some input. Mainly I want everyone to understand the 'potential' problems so I won't get a ration if things slow down. So far only two of you have addressed my post. By the way, THANKS Darrell.

Tim

So you did, oops.

How much longer a search time does it have (if you know yet)? Would we be talking about a few extra seconds, or a few minutes?

I likely would be searching for bedrock in the early am (like when I posted earlier). It should inconvenience the least possible ammount of people (if it's acting up as a problem).

I guess play it by ear, I for one would like to have that capability. However if it were a problem for the other forum users (locking the system up as you describe) then it would have to be reset.

That is if I am reading that right, that the system only locks up on the longer searches, and only for the duration of said search. If the searches sometimes go too long is there a way to set a time limit so they 'time out' to prevent locking the board up in some kind of search loop?

As I mentioned I have tried to search via Google's advanced 'site search' and have had very limited success. If that were not the case (as in I was haveing good luck with Google, or another external search engine) I would say the change was unnecesary.

Hope something in that ramble helps.

Ok, you got my curiosity up. I set the search feature to 8 years and 600 results. I ran a couple of searches with no adverse effects. We will try this on a temp basis, but if it causes slowdowns, or revives too many old ghosts, I will set it back to 1 year. OK?

Tim

I really like the ability to do searches and go way back. I believe it gives a lot more info on what people have tried and succeeded or tried and failed at.

Its just my 2 cents

I just spent a couple of hours searching back to '05. It's a LOT better and I am finding some fin posts. Thanks Tim! It is good to have access to these posts again! Tom

Very nice, and fast too (yes, I knocked on some wood after typing that ).

Thank you.