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Cindy - Jun 19, 2003 9:14:07 am PDT #4173 of 10000
Nobody

I was wondering about searching. I know our old search function was too database intensive (or something - no need to confuse me with facts I can't remember for more than 5 minutes).

Anyhow, I was wondering if an additional "qualifier" (not sure that's the right word, so bear with me) could be added onto the threadsuck function as a search work around. In other words, the threadsuck form could be modified, to add a field that tells it whose posts I want sucked. For example, I might threadsuck the Buffy thread, but only for posts made by Plei, or threadsuck Natter, but only for posts made by Nilly.

Would that be possible? Would it be too database (or Buffista!Techie) intensive?

Jon B. - Jun 19, 2003 9:35:37 am PDT #4174 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

ita will confirm, but I'm pretty sure that the search function will return here once ita has finished coding it (it was always in "beta" at HR). We did a stress test of the search function here at fangeek before we went live, and the host admin didn't think we overtaxed their resources.

Once it does return, it will do exactly what you are asking for.

§ ita § - Jun 19, 2003 9:44:14 am PDT #4175 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Actually, it won't be quite so threadsuckable. The beta version, yes, but its main problem is returning all the results on one page. That's very taxing and resource inefficient.

Cindy - Jun 19, 2003 10:22:20 am PDT #4176 of 10000
Nobody

Okay. Thank you. Carry on.

Kat - Jun 19, 2003 11:21:42 am PDT #4177 of 10000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

That's very taxing and resource inefficient.

Especially when you have people searching themselves to see how many posts they made on the entire board.

t cough cough

Not that I would ever do that or anything....at least not again.

Aims - Jun 19, 2003 1:28:07 pm PDT #4178 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.

June 19, 2003, 3:27 pm Aimée[68]: ERROR [2] mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) line 74 of file /home/bufforg/public_html/classes/giles.php

There has been an error. It's of the type we call fatal. Please don't be scared. You're not the one that's going to die.

Okay, where the $$&#&(@#& are the developers?

Just got this 3 times in a row. FYI.

Deena - Jun 19, 2003 1:28:49 pm PDT #4179 of 10000
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

and so did I, in literary.

Kat - Jun 19, 2003 1:29:58 pm PDT #4180 of 10000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I got the same error. But all better now.

Jesse - Jun 19, 2003 3:59:33 pm PDT #4181 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

For search, would it be worthwhile to set something that quits the search if it's going to have more than, say, 100 results? Or something? t /ignorant unhelpfulness

§ ita § - Jun 19, 2003 7:14:11 pm PDT #4182 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My plan is to have it search in segments of 20 per page.

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